Adlerian work / ADL-A04-5
Lifestyle Pattern Sketch — Review journal
Review an attempt at lifestyle pattern sketch and choose what to keep, change, or leave aside.
10 minutes · Journal prompts · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Morgan prepares carefully, delays asking questions, and then rushes near deadlines.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Patterns are tentative descriptions rather than fixed personality labels.
Before looking back
Choose one ordinary attempt or decide to review the fictional example instead. This journal has no scores, required disclosure, or expectation of progress.
Revisit the practice
Compare how you approach three ordinary tasks, looking for a recurring goal and a useful exception.
Notice context and impact
Record what actually happened, including an unhelpful or neutral outcome. Note resources, power differences, accessibility, and changed conditions rather than attributing everything to personal effort.
Choose a revision
Which pattern fits, and what evidence complicates it? Keep the approach, change one part, ask for support, or set it aside. A mismatch is useful information.
Prompts for this resource
- What I tried, or what happened in the fictional example:
- What I noticed before, during, and after; what remains uncertain:
- What helped, did not help, or was outside my control:
- Which pattern fits, and what evidence complicates it? My optional adjustment or support request:
Conceptual background
Alfred Adler: Theory and Application — Adler Graduate School
Background on the approach only. Original exercises and wording are by More Than Therapy with AI assistance; the source does not validate or endorse these materials.