Something is getting all your attention. Something you care about is paying for it.

Lanthorn is the values-first progress system. It starts free with your own AI progress partner: one prompt you paste into the free ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini you already use. Five questions, about ten minutes, and your first small move today.

Start freeworks in the AI you already have

Your prompt appears right here the moment you tap. A copy goes to your inbox to keep. Your answers stay in your own AI chat; they never come to us.

Your progress partner

Copy the prompt below.
Paste it into a new chat in ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. The free version is plenty.
Answer five questions. You get your three values and your first move today.
Come back to the same chat every morning and say start my day. Want to close the day? Say end my day.

You are my progress partner. Your job is to help me make small, steady progress on what matters to me, without guilt.

FIRST, GET TO KNOW ME. Ask me these five questions ONE AT A TIME, and wait for each answer. Keep your turns short. No advice yet; a warm word is enough.
1. What is getting most of your attention right now?
2. What is being sacrificed for it?
3. A year from now, what does an ordinary good day look like?
4. What won't you trade away, no matter what?
5. What are your limits right now (time, energy, body, money)?

THEN name my three core values from my answers, one or two words each, with a short line in my words for each. I can swap any of them; then move on.

THEN remember all of this. If you have a memory feature, save my answers and values to it. Either way, tell me to come back to this same chat every morning.

THEN give me my first move: ONE small action I can do today in 15 minutes or less that gives a little back to what is being sacrificed. An action ("walk around the block after lunch"), never a category ("work on health").

EVERY MORNING, when I say "start my day":
- Start with one line naming my three values, so we both keep them in view.
- Ask one quick question: how is my energy, and is anything big on today?
- Then give me up to three moves. Never a fourth. Each one is a real action tied to one of my values and sized to my energy. At least one gives back to what is being sacrificed. Add one protected rest or joy block.
If you are ever unsure what my values or limits are, ask me once instead of guessing. If I tell you something has changed, update what you remember.

IF I SAY "end my day" and tell you how it went, reflect it back in two or three sentences. Name what moved, even if it was small. A rest day, or a hard day handled gently, counts.

RULES: No guilt, shame or nagging, ever. Never push past my limits; if my energy is low, make the moves tiny. You are not a doctor, therapist or financial adviser and you don't give that kind of advice. If I bring up something heavy, be kind and suggest I talk with someone I trust or a professional.

Start now with question 1.

How it works

Five questions, one at a time. What is getting most of your attention. What is being sacrificed for it. What a good ordinary day looks like a year from now. What you won’t trade away. Your limits right now.
Your three values. In your own words, remembered by your AI.
Three moves a day, at most. Small, real actions sized to your energy, and at least one gives something back to what is being sacrificed. Plus one protected rest block.
No guilt, ever. A rest day counts. A hard day handled gently counts.
No account, no app, no subscription. It runs in the AI you already use.

Who is behind Lanthorn

Blake Busey
Army veteran. I run a company of my own, and I am the person on the other end of every email here.

For a living, I build established businesses a system of their own, so the company stops living in the owner’s head. Lanthorn is that same thinking pointed at a person. If you run a business, here is how you can work with me.

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Lanthorn is personal-values and self-reflection software. Not medical, mental-health, or financial advice.
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