Module 7 — The practice cycle and evaluation (the honest log)

Course plan → the course overview. Previous → Module 6 — Assembling a runescript.

Why this module

A runescript is not a one-off ritual but a cycle: you act, evaluate, adjust. This module teaches you to run a runescript for weeks and judge honestly — without the self-deception that ruins all esoteric practice.

After this module you: have run at least one full cycle with regular review by the journal, and can adjust the practice on feedback.

What actually works (honestly)

• The Rubicon phases / feedback — setting → planning → action → evaluation; self-regulation holds the course (goals and self-regulation (the Rubicon)). mechanism-evidence.
• A learning-goal instead of only an outcome-goal — for difficult goals, a goal of "improve the process/skill" lowers the risk of "goals gone wild" (anxiety, cutting corners, cheating).
• The whole map — the master table — practice and mechanism: where each mechanism kicks in across the loop.

⚠️ The main threat — self-deception: the "results" of esoteric practice are almost always inflated by confirmation bias and survivorship bias (bias, prediction, self-efficacy). The antidote is to count misses on a par with hits.

The cycle — how to run it

1. Action on the plan (the if-then from the runescript), the talisman-cue in view.
2. Regular review (e.g., once a week) by the journal: did the triggers fire? are you moving toward the goal? what got in the way?
3. Learning-goal: keep a process-level goal ("4 work blocks/week"), not only the outcome.
4. Adjustment: simplify/refine the cue or the action; change the set of runes; recharge the talisman (repeat the state steps).
5. Closing: on reaching the goal, ritually "lay the taufr to rest" (erase the runes / set it aside), closing the gestalt; then record the outcome.

Module practice

1. Choose one runescript (from M6) and run it as a multi-week cycle.
2. Weekly review by the journal template; record both hits and misses.
3. At the end — a summary entry: what worked, what didn't, by what means (a mechanism, not "magic").
4. Make ≥1 adjustment along the way and note the effect.

The honest boundary

• Evaluate the facts of outcome and action, not "the feeling that it worked."
• Count the misses — otherwise any result will "confirm" anything.
• Adjustment is normal and necessary; "it didn't work" is also data.

Readiness checklist (for Module 8)

• I ran ≥1 multi-week runescript cycle.
• I keep a regular review by the journal (with the misses).
• I hold a learning-goal and made ≥1 adjustment.
• I understand and track confirmation bias in my own judgments.

Links

goals and self-regulation (the Rubicon) · the master table — practice and mechanism · bias, prediction, self-efficacy. Next → Module 8 — Context and honesty.