01
Turn the intention into a bounded entry
The intention is to deal with borrowed books; the selected action is to place one named book in the return slot. Record the proposed opportunity as Tuesday after the afternoon walk, provided the branch is open. Evidence is a note that the book was deposited, not a general feeling of being organised. The review is Wednesday morning. These fields make the entry concrete, while the opening condition prevents a closed branch from being silently treated as a completed task or a failure of commitment.
02
Record what actually happened
Suppose Tuesday arrives and the branch is unexpectedly closed. The action remains incomplete. Record attempted visit, branch closed, with the date, then leave the completion field empty. The original commitment and the observation now coexist rather than one overwriting the other. This distinction is the main purpose of the worksheet: an intention is not evidence of an action, and an attempt is not automatically completion. A reader can see what blocked the task without inferring a motive or a character trait from the result.
03
Choose a revision and close the record honestly
At the Wednesday review, the fictional writer chooses Thursday after checking the opening hours. Keep the original Tuesday entry and link the revision to it. If the book is returned on Thursday, record that date as completion. If the writer chooses a different return method, describe that change instead. The template ends with a factual status and any remaining question. It does not assign points for persistence or demand another attempt, because the purpose is to make decisions and results legible rather than pressure someone into a particular choice.