Understanding Your Values: A Guide to Living Authentically
Understanding your values helps you make decisions aligned with what matters most.
Your values guide your decisions and shape your life. Understanding them is important.
Identify Your Core Values
What matters most to you? Family, health, creativity, service, adventure?
Reflect on Your Life
What experiences have been most meaningful? What brings you joy?
Consider Your Beliefs
Your religious, spiritual, and philosophical beliefs shape your values.
Write Them Down
Document your values so you can refer to them when making decisions.
Share With Others
Tell your family about your values so they understand what's important to you.
Live Your Values
Make decisions that align with your values, not what others expect.
Revisit Regularly
Your values may evolve over time. Revisit them periodically.
Use Values in Planning
Your values should guide your end-of-life planning decisions.
Use the End of Life Playbook to clarify your values.