Values · Worksheet
Values-Based Next Step
For when emotions are loud and you need a decision that still sounds like you tomorrow morning. Four questions, one choice.
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01 The situation
What is actually in front of you, stated plainly and without the case for either side.
02 What the emotion wants me to do
Be honest, including the satisfying options — send the message, cancel, say nothing, go quiet, leave. This is information, not a verdict.
03 What that would cost
Emotion-led choices usually work in the next ten minutes and charge interest after that. What is the interest here?
04 The values that matter here
Two or three words. Honesty, patience, loyalty, courage, steadiness, fairness, faith, being someone my kids can count on.
05 One next step that honours them
Specific and doable today. Not the whole resolution — the next honest step.
06 How I will know I did it
Something observable. “I felt better” is hard to check; “I sent one message before Thursday” is not.
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