Day 1: Diagnose the Overgrowth
Pruning starts with honesty. Not everything growing in your life is meant to stay. Today is about naming where life got crowded.
1. Where did I add instead of ask?
Many men carry weight God never assigned because it looked good, urgent, or noble.List everything currently demanding you — roles, people, platforms, side things, commitments. Don’t filter it. Get the whole jungle on paper.
2. Fruit vs. foliage
Fruit = produces Kingdom impact, obedience, or health. Foliage = looks alive but steals nutrients.
3. Micro-Tasks for Today
Pick 2–3 small obedience steps.
Evening Reflection
What surprised me about how much I added without asking God?
Day 2: Expose the Misplaced Yes
Pruning requires a sacred no. Today we find the yeses that came from pressure, not purpose.
1. Source of the Yes
Not every yes came from the Spirit — some came from guilt, ego, fear of loss, or a savior complex.
2. Cost of the Yes
Every yes silently says no to time, energy, presence, marriage, fathering, healing.
3. Micro-Tasks for Today
Pick 2.
Evening Reflection
How did it feel to protect energy instead of overextend?
Day 3: Map the Energy Leaks
Pruning isn’t just about time — it’s about energy stewardship. Where do you get drained fastest?
1. Energy Audit
Some tasks are small but loud. Some people are good but draining. Track it.
2. Misaligned Rhythms
Is your current rhythm built around what God is doing in you — or what others expect from you?
3. Micro-Tasks for Today
Pick 1–2.
Evening Reflection
When I removed one drain, what did it make room for?
Day 4: Protect the Core Branches
Some parts of your life must never be pruned away — marriage, fatherhood, devotion, health. Today is about guarding them.
1. Non-Negotiables
What must never be cut in this season?
2. Competing Demands
Which commitments keep threatening these core branches?
3. Micro-Tasks for Today
Pick 2.
Evening Reflection
How did it feel to prioritize what matters most without apology?
Day 5: Declutter the Inputs
Some pruning is digital and relational — the quiet, constant pulls that make your soul noisy.
1. Digital Noise Audit
What is constantly replanting distraction or insecurity?
2. Relational Clutter
Some connections are good people, wrong season.
3. Micro-Tasks for Today
Pick 1–3 quick declutters.
Evening Reflection
When the noise dropped, what did I hear from God or from my own heart?
Day 6: Re-Center on Assignment
Pruning makes room for what you were actually built to do. Today we name that clearly.
1. Assignment Statement
When you know what God asked you to do, it’s easier to cut what He didn’t.
2. Alignment Check
Look back at Day 1’s list. Which items have nothing to do with this assignment?
3. Micro-Tasks for Today
Pick 2.
Evening Reflection
Did clarifying my assignment make pruning easier?
Day 7: Integrate the Lightness
Pruning should result in peace, not panic. Today we reflect, integrate, and protect the new margin.
1. Week 4 Debrief
Look back over your entries. Where did God most clearly say, “Let that go”?
2. Protecting Margin
Empty space will always try to refill itself. Decide what gets in.
3. Micro-Tasks for Today
Finish strong.
Week 4 Completed
What fruit do I expect to see because I pruned?
Bonus: The Pruning Ritual
Do this once this week after Day 3 or Day 4. This is a sacred, in-depth release practice — not just deleting an app, but reassigning your obedience.
1. Create a Sacred List
Get brutally honest. This is between you and God.
2. Name the Attachment
We hold on because it gives us something — approval, control, distraction, identity. Naming it disarms it.
3. Reassign the Space
Pruning without replacing leaves a gap. Ask: what Kingdom thing deserves this time/energy?
4. Speak the Release
Say it out loud. Heaven hears, and so does your flesh.
5. Do a Physical Act
Like actually pruning a branch, do something tangible.
After the Ritual
What peace showed up once I obeyed?