Values and meaningful action / VAL-A15-5
Values in Work and Rest — Review journal
Review an attempt at values in work and rest and choose what to keep, change, or leave aside.
10 minutes · Journal prompts · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Avery values dependability and needs time away from work to sustain it.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Rest can be considered alongside contribution without requiring productivity to justify it.
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
Describe desired qualities in work and rest, then identify one adjustment to current demands.
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
What balance respects capacity rather than an idealized schedule? 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:
- What balance respects capacity rather than an idealized schedule? My optional adjustment or support request:
Conceptual background
Valuing as a Choice — Association for Contextual Behavioral Science
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.