Greywell Institute — Application

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Page 1 of 5 · You

You

Your answers save as you go, so you can stop whenever you like and come back to them.

Email address * Where the Governor's decision will be sent. Example: applicant@example.com

Enter an email address in the form name@example.com.

What should we call you? Optional Programme records use your designation; your House Officer starts using your name as your Term goes on, and asks you first. Example: a preferred name or form of address

Your time zone * Taken from your device. Change it if that is wrong. Every deadline in the programme is set by this clock.

Required.

I am 18 or older. The one answer that ends an application on its own.

Greywell is open only to applicants aged 18 or over.

Gender Optional Counted, so the Governor knows who Greywell reaches. Nothing else reads it.

What is your working pattern? * It sets when your phone and internet blocks make an exception for work.

Required.

How should Greywell reach you? * Admission notices and setup go by email. Choose Telegram if you would rather be reached there as well.

Email & Greywell App

Admission, payment and pre-Term setup arrive by email. If you are admitted, this is also how Greywell App access is issued.

Notices and House Officer contact use the assigned Telegram bot. Your email address is still recorded.

Select a contact route.

Telegram username * Your @username, without the @ symbol. This links your profile to the House Officer bot. Example: username

Required.

Practical details · 1 of 5 · Your days

Your days

Enter your ordinary household pattern and working sessions. The House Officer uses this to determine Leave of Absence windows and return-to-premises obligations.

The time you have chosen to rise Optional Beside the time you wake on your own, so your day can be built from the one you chose.

Natural Wake Time * Example: 07:30

Required.

How far is work, one way? * Used to judge whether a return to your premises between sessions is practicable.

Required.

Work / Study Hours Add ordinary committed blocks. Use 24-hour time. Mark days off where no work or study is scheduled. Example: 08:00 to 16:30. Add additional shifts where needed. A shift ending earlier than it starts is read as an overnight one — 19:00 to 07:00 is a night shift.

Check the hours entered.

Anything the grid cannot show? Optional. On call, alternate weeks, seasonal work.

Practical details · 3 of 5 · Your body

Your body

This section calibrates physical training and records movements that should not be assigned. It is not a medical assessment.

Safety Restrictions
Declare any physical or medical limit that would make a movement unsafe. The House Officer uses this record to avoid unsuitable physical training assignments.

Physical or Medical Restrictions *

No restrictions

No injury, condition, pain pattern, or medical limit affects assigned physical training.

Restrictions apply

Some movements must be avoided, modified, or reviewed before assignment.

Required.

Which movements or areas? * Tick every area a limit affects. The House Officer leaves out or modifies the movements named.

Knees — squats, jumping, deep bending

Hips — squats, lunges, long strides

Lower back — lifting and bending

Upper back or neck — loaded positions

Shoulders — pressing overhead

Wrists — weight on the hands

Ankles or feet — running and jumping

Asthma or breathing — hard cardio

Heart or circulation — high intensity

Something else

Tick at least one area.

Anything else the House Officer should know? Optional. One line.

Do you take prescribed medicine? * Including medical cannabis. Greywell never restricts it, never judges it, and never asks what it is for — this is recorded once and not raised again. Yes or no; nothing else is asked.

Yes

Required.

Starting Condition
Give a plain current baseline. Overstating it risks unsafe assignments; understating it weakens the programme.

Current Fitness Level *

Low current fitness

Little or no recent exercise. Start conservatively.

Moderate current fitness

Some recent exercise. Capable of sustained effort.

Strong base / returning to training

Strong fitness history or current training. Programme may be calibrated upward.

Required.

Benchmark and Equipment
Select a provisional physical benchmark and record the equipment or space available. Week 1 records may replace the benchmark.

Fitness Benchmark to Improve * Choose the metric you want the Term to improve. This is provisional; Week 1 records actual performance before the Governor confirms the official benchmark.

Upper Body — Push: press-up capacity

Max strict press-ups in one set. Incline permitted if required; note if used.

Core: plank hold

Maximum duration in seconds. Strict position.

Cardiovascular: 1-mile run time

Record time. Note surface and conditions if relevant.

Flexibility: toe-touch reach

Record how close your fingertips get to the floor. Use when range of motion is the safer starting point.

Governor to assign after Week 1

Use this if no benchmark is clearly suitable before the Term begins.

Applicant-proposed benchmark — Governor approval required

A specific movement or metric you consider your primary indicator of fitness.

Required.

Your current figure * Where you are now, not where you want to be. Week 1 checks it.

Required.

What can you train with? Optional. Tick what you can actually use; the House Officer fits the programme to it.

Kitchen counter

Chair

Stairs

Yoga mat

Park path

Resistance bands

Free weights

Pull-up bar

Gym membership

Swimming pool

Stationary bike

Something else

Say what, briefly.

Can you press both arms overhead without arching your back? * Used to avoid unsafe upper-body assignments.

Required.

Are your hips tight after long sitting? * Used to calibrate squats, lunges and running.

Required.

I understand Greywell does not provide medical advice. I am responsible for declaring restrictions accurately, avoiding unsafe movements, and seeking professional medical advice where needed.

You must confirm this before proceeding.

Page 3 of 5 · Your case

Your case

Tick what applies; one thing to write at the end. The Governor reads all of this before deciding, and some of it shapes how your House Officer speaks to you.

In your own words *

Between 150 and 1,200 characters.

How you'll show your work

The Governor needs to know the setting, and how work will be evidenced, before saying yes.

Who else is there? * This bears on privacy, and on where a camera can point.

Alone

With a partner

With family

With housemates

Required.

How will the Governor be able to look in? * Inspections use a Greywell station: an old phone or tablet you leave in the room, running a Greywell page in its browser. No app store, no account, no new hardware — you pair it with a code from your own app. Scheduled video sweeps you record yourself are the other route, and neither is treated as a lesser arrangement. There is also an optional live view: it is off unless you turn it on after admission, it shows on your own station screen the whole time it is sending, nothing is recorded and there is no playback, it is video only, with no sound, and you can withdraw it at any moment. You are not choosing it now.

I have a spare device

An old phone or tablet that can stay in the room.

I'll set one up before I start

You will free up or find a device before the Term begins.

No spare device — scheduled sweeps instead

Scheduled video sweeps instead of a camera in the room. You record a 5–10 second sweep when the Governor calls an inspection, up to five times per 7 days, at most once per day, on your everyday phone. Nothing runs between them.

Neither works for me

Describe it below. The Governor must approve the arrangement before the Term starts.

Required.

Describe the arrangement * The practical limitation, and how work would be evidenced instead. An exception is not automatic.

Required — describe the arrangement.

Partner or household involvement * Optional supervised involvement for a partner or trusted contact. They consent separately and the Governor approves. Your partner needs no particular app — they choose how Greywell reaches them.

No involvement

Nominate someone

The Governor reviews before any partner form is issued.

Discuss it with the Governor first

Required.

Page 4 of 5 · Agreements

Agreements

Five things we have to ask

Greywell is a structure, not treatment. We ask these so that we can say, honestly, that we asked. A "yes" does not refuse you. It brings your application to the Governor to read personally.

In the last 12 months, have you had intensive mental-health care: a hospital stay, a crisis team, or care you were required to accept? * The Governor reads this before deciding. Nothing here rules you out on its own.

Yes

Required.

Are you living with an addiction, to alcohol, drugs or anything else? * The Governor reads this before deciding. Nothing here rules you out on its own.

Yes

In recovery

Required.

Anything you want the Governor to know Optional.

In a normal week, how many of your shifts run through the night? * A shift across midnight counts once.

None

Required.

I can read and speak English comfortably. Greywell is written only in English for now. I have my own smartphone or tablet. Everything happens in the app.

Before you apply, please complete the PAR-Q+, a standard five-minute check of whether it's safe for you to become more physically active: eparmedx.com. Did it advise you to speak to a doctor or a qualified exercise professional before becoming more active? *

Yes

Required.

What you're agreeing to

These rules apply from day one. All use is self-declared in the daily musters.

I understand that use is self-declared, and that concealing use is treated more seriously than the use itself.

You must confirm this before proceeding.

Voluntary Admission

The programme is entered voluntarily. Greywell is not clinical care, urgent support, legal advice, or financial advice. You remain responsible for your own safety, health decisions, premises, devices, employment obligations, and compliance with applicable law.

Greywell does not know your name or where you live, and it cannot send anyone to you. If you are in danger, call your local emergency number yourself.

Programme communications are formal records. Telegram records, declarations, Governor directives, House Officer notices, fee status, DNS status, evidence arrangements, and completion actions may be retained as part of the Term record.

Greywell runs on honesty. My answers are true, and if I have lied and the Governor finds out, I can be removed without a refund.

You must confirm this before submitting.

I have read and understood the nature of this programme. I enter voluntarily and accept that voluntary entry does not entitle me to leniency or modification of the Rules. I understand that Greywell is not clinical care, urgent support, legal advice, or financial advice. I understand the role of the House Officer and the Governor. I accept that the Term asks me to submit evidence of my work through the app. I agree to the Terms of Service and the Privacy Policy, including that fees are refundable in full before a Term commences and are not refundable once it has commenced, except as set out in section 12 of the Terms.

You must confirm this before submitting.

Page 5 of 5 · Your charter

Your charter

The Governor may change a line and must say why; nothing is charged until you have accepted it. The House Officer holds you to this charter, and keeps to it.

Who are you trying to become by the end? *

Required.

What should be held for you on days you don't want it? *

Required.

What usually makes you slip? *

Required.

What should Greywell never do to you? *

Required.

How will you know it worked? *

Required.

Submitting sends these five pages to the Governor. The practical details — your days, your home, your body and your food — follow straight afterwards, or later through a link we give you, and you can change them until your fee is paid.

Practical details · 4 of 5 · Your food

Your food

The prescribed menu is built from whole ingredients. Allergies and genuine intolerances are accommodated. Preferences are not.

Protein Preference *

Meat and fish

Meat only

Fish only

Vegetarian — no meat or fish

Chicken and beef dishes substituted with firm tofu or lentils. Fish dishes substituted with butter beans or firm tofu. All other meals unchanged.

Vegan — no animal products

All animal proteins substituted. Eggs replaced with tofu scramble. Butter replaced with olive oil. All dairy removed. Governor confirms full substitution list at admission.

Neither — plant-based (other)

Describe your dietary requirements in the notes below. Governor will confirm substitutions before admission.

Required.

Allergies and intolerances * Diagnosed allergies or medically confirmed intolerances only. Tick "None" if you have none.

None

Gluten (coeliac disease)

Crustaceans

Eggs

Fish

Peanuts

Soya

Milk

Tree nuts

Celery

Mustard

Sesame

Sulphites

Lupin

Molluscs

Something else

Tick at least one — "None" counts.

Anything genuinely unworkable? Optional. Foods you cannot eat at all — not dislikes. The menu accommodates severe aversions where it can.

Tofu

Pulses and chickpeas

Mushrooms

Eggs

Oily fish

Seafood and shellfish

Very spicy food

Pork

Red meat (beef, lamb)

Something else

Say what, briefly.

Kitchen equipment Optional. Extra appliances, for recipe planning. Your kitchen itself is recorded on the home page.

Air fryer

Blender

Stick blender

Slow cooker

Rice cooker

Pressure cooker

Toaster oven

Food scale

Meal prep containers

Something else

Say what, briefly.

Do you keep to any food rules for religious or cultural reasons? (For example halal or kosher.) Your menu will follow them, like an allergy. Optional

Practical details · 5 of 5 · Your reading

Your reading

Every Term includes reading, and your House Officer builds your plan from these answers.

What do you like reading? * Tick everything that applies.

History

Biography and memoir

Science and nature

Philosophy and ideas

Politics and society

Travel and place

Business and work

Psychology

Religion and belief

Crime and mystery

Literary fiction

Classics

Science fiction and fantasy

Thrillers

Short stories

Poetry

Graphic novels and comics

Something else

Tick at least one.

Fiction or non-fiction? *

Mostly fiction

A mix of both

Mostly non-fiction

No preference

Required.

The last book you finished, or one you loved Optional The best single clue to what will suit you.

I can't name one.

Subjects you must not be given * You do not need to say why. Your House Officer will not choose anything on a subject ticked here. If one gets through, remove it at once — it does not count against your objections. If there is nothing, tick "None".

None — there is nothing I must not be given

Addiction, alcohol or drugs

Suicide or self-harm

Eating disorders or body image

Sexual violence or abuse

Graphic violence or war

Death, grief or terminal illness

Pregnancy, fertility or baby loss

Religion

Something else

Tick at least one — "None" counts.

Which language do you read most comfortably? *

Required.

Book budget for the Term * Reading texts are bought by you, not by Greywell. Your reading plan is built to fit whatever you choose here, and if a title cannot be had inside it, the title changes — not the budget. Nothing is a valid answer: free and library copies are accepted.

Nothing — free or library copies only

Under $20

$20–50

$50–100

Over $100

Required.

Your craft

You chose a practice of your own, so your House Officer needs a little more to write your weeks.

Where are you with it? *

Choose both.

What do you have to work with? * Tick everything that applies. Nothing will be asked of you that needs more.

A table or desk I can use

Floor space

Outdoor space

Storage for work in progress

The tools it needs

The materials it needs

A computer

Something else

Tick at least one.

How much time can you give it? *

Under 2 hours a week

2 to 4 hours

4 to 6 hours

Over 6 hours

Required.

What do you want to have done by the end? *

Finish a piece of work

Reach a stated level

Build a portfolio

Learn a set of techniques

Practise every day

Something else

Required.

Materials budget for the Term *

Nothing — I have what I need

Under $25

$25–50

$50–100

Over $100

Required.

Practical details · 2 of 5 · Your home

Your home

The programme is administered in your premises. The Governor needs to understand the physical setting, privacy constraints, kitchen access, and budget before confirming the Term.

Evening Partner Window * If you have a romantic partner who lives elsewhere, you may request one fixed 30-minute evening communication window. This does not nominate them for Greywell partner access.

No separate window needed

No partner window will be added to the daily schedule.

Request partner window

For a partner who lives elsewhere. Select one fixed 30-minute window below.

Required.

Partner Communication Window * Fixed 30-minute evening window for direct partner communication only.

Required when a partner living apart window is needed.

Kitchen Access *

Full kitchen — oven, stovetop, microwave

Partial kitchen — stovetop and microwave, no oven

Shared kitchen — communal with other residents

Kitchenette only — microwave and kettle

Note: the prescribed menu requires a stovetop minimum. Governor will adjust the menu accordingly.

Required.

Eating Surface * All meals are eaten at a fixed surface, seated, in silence. Identify the primary surface.

Kitchen island

Dining table

Desk

Kitchen counter — standing

None currently available

A designated eating surface must be established before the Term commences. Governor will advise.

Required.

Anything about the household we should know? Optional. Tick what applies; the Governor accounts for it in inspections and where a camera can point.

Housemates share rooms

Family or children at home

A partner at home

Visitors or a landlord have access

Some rooms can't be photographed

The camera must avoid an area

Neighbours can see in through a window

Something else

Say what, briefly.

Seating — select all that apply * The sofa is available during the evening reading block only. Identify all seating in the premises.

Sofa

Ottoman

Armchair

Desk chair

Dining chair

Floor seating only

Governor will advise on eating surface and sofa rule application.

Other

Required — select at least one.

Other seating — describe briefly Example: bench, floor cushion, folding chair.

Weekly Grocery Budget *

Under $50 per week

$50–80 per week

$80–120 per week

$120+ per week

Required.

Pre-Term Kit Budget * Some items may need to be purchased before the Term commences. Most applicants already own most of the kit. Open the Kit Check in a new tab to work out your figure, then indicate your approximate available budget.

Under $25

$25–50

$50–100

$100+

Required.

Page 2 of 5 · Your Term

Your Term

What you are asking for. All of it is provisional until the Governor confirms admission and a start date.

How long? *

Standard Term — 60 to 75 days

The full programme. Most applicants choose this.

Extended Term — 90 to 110 days

For a longer reset, or if you have held a Term before.

Required.

Who runs your Term? *

Governor-assigned — recommended

Your Term is overseen by the Governor personally. The Governor approves each week's Improvement Programme assignment before it is issued to you, and has the final word on the work you submit. Weekly reports are reviewed. The full weight of the programme applies.

Self-governed

The House Officer runs your Term automatically. Weekly reports are compiled but not reviewed by a human Governor. Assignments are drawn from a standard template library. Suitable for those who have completed a previous Governor-assigned Term.

Required.

The fee depends on the two answers above, and is set out in full on the fees page. Nothing is charged until the Governor confirms admission. Governor-assigned Terms are subject to availability; if none is free you will be offered a waitlist place or a self-governed Term.

How strict? * Strict means no alcohol or cannabis for the whole Term, someone looking sooner if things slip, and more asked of you in making good — never more days, and never a higher fee.

Standard

The regime as written, with consequences as specified. Right for most people.

Strict

No cannabis or alcohol for the Term, weekly assignments that ask more of you, and less slack: the Governor looks sooner.

Required.

Who administers it day to day? * Both work to the same rules. This is a matter of tone.

Mr. Cole

Measured, direct, formal. Administrative in tone.

Mrs. Hartley

Precise, unhurried, clinical. No warmth extended, none expected.

Required.

Your creative practice * Every Term includes one creative practice, done weekly. Choose something you can do at home from day one.

Photography

A phone camera is accepted in Phase 1. A dedicated camera is required from Phase 2.

Drawing and Sketching

Pencil and paper. No prior skill required.

Music

An instrument you can reach in your premises.

Craft or Making

A craft that produces physical objects.

Other — something not on this list

The Governor confirms or redirects it before your Term begins.

Required.

Which instrument? *

Required.

Which craft? *

Required.

Your reading * Every Term includes reading. Your House Officer builds a plan to suit — you will tell us what you like later.

Regularly

At least one book a month.

Occasionally

Not habitually, but I finish what I start.

Rarely or never

The programme will build the habit from the beginning.

Required.

Internet accountability Optional A profile on your devices, so chosen categories simply do not load.

Standard — social networks, video streaming, and gambling.
Enhanced — the above plus online shopping, gaming, entertainment, news and media, sports, and — stated plainly rather than left to “attention controls” — adult themes, nudity, and pornography.
Work, banking, medical, utility and necessary personal portals can be requested as exceptions.
The Governor confirms the level, any fee and any exceptions before anything is charged.

Interested

Not for me

When would you like to start? * Terms begin on a Sunday, at least a fortnight after you apply. The Governor confirms the date when you are accepted.

Loading available Sundays...

Required.