Choose what a successful reset looks like
Pick an outcome that someone can recognize by looking at the room. “The table has space for breakfast, and tomorrow's bags are beside the door” is observable. Sorting a cupboard or polishing the entire kitchen may be worthwhile, but neither belongs in tonight’s reset unless it supports the chosen finish.
Divide a short window by task
If you have ten minutes, one adult can clear the table while the other checks the bags. Use the last minute to notice anything that will prevent the morning from working. A discovered problem gets an owner and a next action. It does not silently turn a ten-minute agreement into a half-hour cleaning session.
Keep the stopping rule on difficult nights
If an urgent extra task appears, trade it for an item already on the list. Cleaning a spill may replace sorting the mail tonight. Leave the mail for a named time instead of silently stretching the routine until everyone gives up on it.
At the end of the week, look at the jobs repeatedly pushed aside. If the mail matters but never fits the ten-minute window, give one person a separate time to handle it. If nobody needs the papers after all, remove the sorting job from the reset rather than carrying it into every evening.