VALUES
Values are not aspirational traits or personality labels.
In practice, they are the principles that influence how you make decisions, set boundaries, and spend your time and energy - especially under pressure.
In demanding seasons, values don’t disappear. They’re simply harder to honour consistently.
When using values in your planning:
Choose no more than three for this season
Focus on what they require in practice, not how they sound
Use them as a filter when making trade-offs, not as ideals to live up to
If a value doesn’t change how you decide, prioritise, or say no, then it isn’t doing any work.
If you need inspiration, use my list of values below as inspiration to get you started.
Example:
If Sustainability is a core value in this season, it might mean:
limiting the number of priorities you actively pursue
protecting recovery time
making decisions that reduce future pressure, even if they slow short-term progress
Get in touch.
It all begins with you. The only person whose opinion you need to worry about is you. That’s whose opinion matters. And if we learn to get out of our own way we can do anything we choose.