Voyage I
You’re the captain.
We’re your First Mate.
Planning tools for people whose plans keep breaking against reality. Set bearings, hold them daily, and check your heading every month.
The Tour
How the four tools work together
Forty-five seconds. Every word is on screen, so sound is optional.
Read the film as text
A plan is a straight line. Reality is not.
Every morning: the Watch. Five minutes. Every Sunday: the Sounding. Fifteen minutes. Once a month: how far off course? The Dead Reckoning Score™.
The Captain’s Logbook: plan your year, down to the week. Ritual Cards: three printable 4×6 cards. The Chart Room Kit: a spreadsheet that scores your month. The Captain’s Prompt Pack: 18 prompts for your own AI assistant.
Skip the checks, and drift stays hidden. Keep them, and you see it early.
Four tools. One heading. All four for $49 at 1st-mates.com. Digital downloads. Results depend on you.
Goals are stones. Reality is water.
Goals break. Bearings hold.
The Method
Three rhythms. One heading.
The Watch
Five minutes each morning. Name the day’s heading and check it against your bearings.
The Sounding
Fifteen minutes each Sunday. Take stock of the week, find where you drifted, and reset.
Dead Reckoning Score™
A simple monthly self-check on how closely you are tracking against what you committed to.
Voyage I
The Voyage I Collection
Four tools. Buy the one you need, or all four together.
The Captain’s Logbook
A 173-page undated, printable year planner: year, quarter, and month pages plus 52 weekly spreads.
The Chart Room Kit
A spreadsheet for your bearings and key results that calculates your monthly score.
Ritual Cards
Three printable 4×6 cards: the Watch, the Sounding, and the monthly score.
The Captain’s Prompt Pack
Eighteen ready-to-paste prompts for the AI assistant you already use.
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The Founding Captains Bundle
All four, together
$67 if bought separately. You save $18.
Four digital products. One-time purchase. Download link shown at checkout and emailed to you.
- The Captain’s Logbook: a 173-page undated, printable year planner (PDF) with quarterly, monthly, and weekly spreads
- The Chart Room Kit: a spreadsheet planner (Excel, Google Sheets, or LibreOffice) that calculates your monthly score
- Ritual Cards: printable 4×6 Watch, Sounding, and monthly score cards (PDF)
- The Captain’s Prompt Pack: ready-to-paste prompts for the AI assistant of your choice
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These are planning tools and templates, not business, financial, legal, or professional advice. Results depend on you and are not guaranteed. AI prompts require a third-party AI service that is not included.