Curriculum · Empty House
Path overlay
The house is no longer a project. You are.
Thirteen weeks. Decline the hobby. Date a standing order. Change one object in a shrine-room. One paragraph to an adult who thinks you are fine because the house is tidy.
How this overlay teaches
Time arrived in a rush. That is not rest yet. The curriculum refuses the hobby-as-cure, the shrine-room left untouched, and the job that only ever funded their years. Grief is allowed; a makeover is not the assignment. If the nights own the week, pause for the Method. If the house is empty in two countries, you may need Diaspora as well — pick one first question.
| Week | Empty House exercise | Done when |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Name Empty House. Room 1. Read the Empty House letter. Decline one hobby offer, even silently. | Season named |
| 1 | What the body postponed for 20 years — one want. | Body named |
| 2 | The thought that arrives when the house is quiet. | Mind named |
| 3 | If the job funded their years, what is it for now? One sentence. | Work named |
| 4 | Date a standing order you will not automatically refill. | A date on paper |
| 5 | Who are you when you are not mum every hour? One paragraph. | People named |
| 6 | Change one object in a shrine-room. Print January page. | Object + page |
| 7 | Life A still packs a lunch. Name that in the sketch. | Three lives |
| 8 | Empty hours are not automatically yours. Who claims them? | Seven lines |
| 9 | The object or the standing order — do the smaller one. | Behaviour |
| 10 | A no to a role that is still “mum” in an empty house. | Dated no |
| 11 | “The house is no longer a project. I am.” One adult. | Heard |
| 12 | If the shrine is unchanged, pick a smaller object next season. | Look written |