BOOK 2 | TOOLS & RESOURCES
YOUR RESET DOESN’T NEED MORE OVERTHINKING. IT NEEDS A PLAN.
You decided you need a reset. Therese tools help you actually take one—and make it count.
You already know you need a break.
The question is: What kind?
A weekend away?
A week completely unplugged?
A bigger reset that gives you enough distance to figure out what the hell you actually want?
These tools were created to help you stop thinking about taking a reset and actually take one.
✓ No complicated systems.
✓ No 47-page vacation planner.
✓ No turning your time
off into another damn project.
Just practical tools
to help you step away, disconnect, reset—and come back with something more
valuable than souvenirs.
Ready? Pick the tool you need and start there.
1. START HERE
FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU ACTUALLY NEED.
Before you book the flight, request the PTO, or start searching hotels at midnight, figure out what you're actually trying to get away from—and what you need the trip to give you.
1. THE NO-B.S. AWARENESS SYSTEM™
You can't change a pattern you haven't noticed.
The No-B.S. Awareness System™ brings together the Checkpoints from Checked Out? Take the F*cking Trip so you can take a harder look at the habits, expectations, and excuses keeping you exhausted.
Use it to stop operating on autopilot and start paying attention to what your life has been trying to tell you.
USE THIS WHEN: You know something
needs to change, but you can't quite put your finger on what.
2. WHAT KIND OF RESET DO YOU ACTUALLY NEED?
Burned out? Overstimulated? Stuck? Disconnected? Not every reset needs to look the same.
Take the Reset Quiz to figure out what kind of break would actually help you right now—so you don't waste your time taking the wrong trip for the right problem.
USE THIS WHEN: You know you need to get away, but have no idea what kind of reset would actually help.
2. BEFORE YOU BOOK
MAKE SURE YOU'RE PLANNING A RESET—NOT ANOTHER OBLIGATION.
A reset trip isn't about finding the perfect destination. It's about creating enough space to breathe, think, feel something again, and stop running on empty. These tools will help you get there.
3. THE RESET READINESS CHECK
The “Before You Book Anything” Checklist
Before you spend a dollar, use this quick reality check. Are you actually ready to step away?
Or are you about to drag your work, responsibilities, guilt, packed schedule, and 173 unread emails along for the ride?
This checklist helps you identify what needs to be handled before you leave so your reset has a fighting chance.
USE THIS WHEN: You're thinking
about booking a trip and want to make sure you're actually prepared to
disconnect.
4. THE DIGITAL DETACH PLAN
The “Unplug Without Panic” Guide
You do not need to disappear into the wilderness and throw your phone into a lake. But you probably do need to stop checking your inbox from the pool.
The Digital Detach Plan helps you decide what stays on, what gets turned off, who can reach you, and what can absolutely wait until you get back.
Because being physically away means nothing if your brain is still sitting at your desk.
USE THIS WHEN: The thought of turning off notifications makes you slightly twitchy.
3. PICK YOUR RESET
48 HOURS. 7 DAYS. OR SOMETHING BIGGER.
You don't need three
months in Bali to reset your life. Sometimes you need
two days. Sometimes you need a
week. And sometimes two
days isn't going to touch what you're dealing with. Pick the reset that
fits your life right now.
5. THE 48-HOUR RESET BLUEPRINT
Two days. No packed itinerary. No pressure to make every second count. No coming home more exhausted than when you left.
This simple blueprint walks you through your reset from arrival and decompression through reflection and your return home. Because 48 hours can do a hell of a lot when you stop trying to cram 72 hours of activities into them.
BEST FOR: A quick weekend reset when you can't take a full week away.
6. THE 7-DAY RESET FRAMEWORK
A week away can change more than your scenery. But only if you give yourself enough room to actually experience it.
The 7-Day Reset Framework helps you structure your week around energy instead of activities, with room for exploration, rest, reflection, spontaneity—and doing absolutely nothing without feeling guilty about it. This isn't an itinerary. It's permission to stop treating vacation like a performance.
BEST FOR: A real vacation where you want enough time to decompress, reconnect, and actually feel different by the end.
7. THE BIG RESET PLAYBOOK
Sometimes a long weekend isn't enough. Sometimes you need real distance from your normal life to figure out whether you still want it.
The Big Reset Playbook helps you think through the practical side of taking extended time away—including financial preparation, work logistics, requesting the time, planning your exit, and preparing yourself for what happens when the noise finally gets quiet.
No romantic “quit everything and move to Italy tomorrow” bullshit. We're planning this like adults.
BEST FOR: Sabbaticals, extended travel, career breaks, or those moments when you know you need more than another vacation.
4. TAKE THE RESET WITH YOU
WHEN YOUR BRAIN NEEDS A REMINDER.
You will forget. You'll start checking email. You'll feel guilty for sitting still. You'll convince yourself you should be doing something “productive.” That's why these exist.
8. THE NO-B.S. RESET CARDS
Short reminders for the moments when your old habits try to sneak into your reset.
Read one when you catch yourself rushing.
Read one when guilt shows up.
Read one when you're about to turn your vacation into another damn checklist.
Sometimes you don't need another strategy.
You need someone to call you on your bullshit.
5. BEFORE YOU GO HOME
DON'T WASTE THE RESET.
This part matters. Because eventually the trip ends. The suitcase gets unpacked. The alarm goes off. The inbox comes roaring back. And suddenly the life you stepped away from is waiting for you exactly where you left it.
The goal isn't just to
come home rested. The goal is to come home
paying attention.
9. THE “DON'T COME BACK THE SAME” JOURNAL
You noticed things while you were away. About your work. Your routines. Your relationships. Your priorities. Maybe even about the life you've been telling yourself you're supposed to want.
Don't let those realizations disappear the second normal life starts again. This journal helps you capture what became clearer while you were away—and decide what deserves to change when you get home.
USE THIS BEFORE: The clarity wears off and “normal” takes over again.
10. THE RETURN WITHOUT REGRESSION PLAN
The hardest part of a reset isn't leaving. It's coming back.
This plan helps you protect what changed by identifying what you're taking home with you, what you're leaving behind, and what needs to be different this time. Because there is absolutely no point in taking the trip of a lifetime if you immediately return to the habits that made you desperate to escape in the first place.
USE THIS WHEN: You're preparing to return home—or you've just gotten back.
11. THE “IF YOU ONLY DO ONE THING” PAGE
Overwhelmed by all the tools?
Fine.
Forget the other ten for a minute.
This page strips everything down to one question:
What's the one thing you're willing to do differently after this reset?
Not twelve goals.
Not a complete life overhaul.
One thing.
Start there.
YOU DON'T NEED TO USE ALL OF THIS.
YOU JUST NEED TO USE WHAT YOU NEED.
This isn't homework. You don't get bonus points for downloading every PDF, completing every exercise, or turning your reset into another productivity challenge. Start with the problem you're dealing with right now.
Need to figure out what kind of reset you need?
Take the quiz.
Can't stop checking work? Build your Digital Detach Plan.
Only have a weekend? Grab the 48-Hour Reset Blueprint.
Thinking about taking serious time away? Open the Big Reset Playbook.
Already took the trip and don't want to lose what you learned? Start your Return Without Regression Plan.
That's it.
Use the tool.
Take the trip.
Pay attention to what happens when you finally give yourself enough space to hear yourself think.
THE TRIP ISN'T THE FINISH LINE
Getting away can interrupt the pattern. It can give you perspective. It can remind you that there is an entire world outside the routine you've been surviving. But eventually, you have to decide what you're going to do with what you discovered.
DON'T JUST COME BACK RESTED.
COME BACK DIFFERENT.