A 10-minute values clarification exercise adapted from ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy). You'll narrow 88 common values down to your core 5 — then write what each one means to you. The result is a one-page personal values statement you can print or save.
Values are chosen qualities of action — directions you move in, not destinations you arrive at. — ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy)
Values aren't goals. Goals get finished. Values are the qualities you want to show up with — at work, at home, in hard conversations, in the small decisions nobody sees. Naming them out loud makes them harder to ignore.
Don't overthink it. The first pull you feel toward one word over the other — that's the signal. If you're still weighing it after a few seconds, you're analyzing, not choosing. Pick one, move on. When two genuinely feel equal, spend a Pick Both token — you get a few per round.
Not sure what a word means? Tap the ? on either card for a quick definition.
Use ← → to pick · Space×2 for pick both · ? for definition · U to undo
These values survived. Now pick the five that matter most. Click again to deselect — they'll be ranked in the order you choose.
In your own words. Not a dictionary definition — what this value looks like when you're actually living it.
Ranked in the order you picked them. Notice which ones surprised you — and which you've quietly been ignoring.
Which of these are you already living by, and which have been on the back burner? If one value became ten percent more present in your week, which would change the most?
Pay attention to what you pay attention to.