Clear And Refill
Blank what you have used least, keep its place, and refill it fresh.
Formerly Reseed
The fallow field: one in three rested, none abandoned.
Seen in Fourth Plinth, Trafalgar Square, London, from 1998
Try it on your work
Find the part of the thing you're working on you have touched least. Strip it back to blank without removing its place. Refill it with something of the same kind, made today. Stop after one cycle; do a second only after a week.
Of the sections in your project's text, find the one you have not revised longest. Delete its content, keep its heading, write it again from nothing. Stop when the new version is complete; do not consult the old one.
Each month, take the process step you used least and return it to its original, un-customised form. Keep the step. Stop after one month and note what the customisation had been quietly carrying.
How it has been used
Medieval farmers left one field in three unplanted each year, not abandoned but rested, so it could yield again. The slot stays; the content resets. Sabbaticals and rehung gallery walls do the same for people and rooms.
Where it leads
Grouped under Get it back to a workable state