Purpose & Values
This describes why something matters or the larger reason behind what you do.
What is purpose?
A priority is something that deserves your ____ right now.
What is attention/focus?
What is one simple way to make an important task more likely to happen?
What is scheduling it?
Saying “no” to something can help protect your ____.
What are priorities/time/energy?
You say sleep is important, but stay up scrolling every night. What is misaligned?
What are actions and priorities?
These are principles or qualities that guide how you want to live, such as honesty, family, growth, or stability.
What are values?
True or False: If something feels urgent, it automatically deserves to be your highest priority.
What is false?
What should you do with something important but not urgent?
What is plan/schedule it?
A healthy limit placed on your time, energy, behavior, or relationships is called this.
What is a boundary?
A friend asks you to go out the night before an important appointment. Recovery/stability is your priority. Name one aligned response.
What is decline, leave early, or make another plan?
Purpose gives direction, values guide decisions, and priorities determine what gets your ____.
What is attention/time/energy?
Name one question you can ask when everything feels equally important.
What is “What needs my attention most right now?”
Name the four choices from today's time-management tool.
What are Do, Plan, Limit/Delegate, and Reconsider?
True or False: Setting boundaries means you do not care about other people.
What is false?
Your family values you, work needs you, treatment needs you, and you are exhausted. What should you do first?
What is assess immediate needs and intentionally prioritize rather than trying to do everything?
Give an example of a value and one behavior that would demonstrate it.
Answers vary—for example, health → attending treatment.
What is the difference between a priority and a pressure?
A priority is intentionally chosen as important; pressure may come from expectations, fear, urgency, or others.
Complete the action formula: ONE priority + ONE small action + ____ + possible barrier + backup plan.
What is when you will do it?
Your phone keeps interrupting an important task. Give one boundary you could create.
What is DND, putting it away, setting a timer, etc.?
You have five tasks but realistically only enough energy for two. What skill from today should you use?
What is prioritizing?
Why can someone value something deeply but still behave in ways that conflict with that value?
Barriers such as habits, stress, avoidance, fear, competing demands, symptoms, or limited resources can interfere with value-aligned action.
You have 10 “top priorities.” What is the problem?
If everything is a priority, nothing is truly prioritized; choices/ranking are needed.
What is one way to make a goal more actionable instead of saying “I need to get my life together”?
Identify one specific, manageable behavior and when it will happen.
Why might protecting your priorities require disappointing someone occasionally?
Because time and energy are limited, and saying yes to everything can mean saying no to your own needs/values.
Name one priority you have right now, the value behind it, and one action you can take in the next 24 hours.
Answers vary