Values-alignment map

You almost certainly know your top values in principle. The interesting question is whether your actual weekly hours match. This one-pager sits your declared values next to your logged hours across eight life domains, then asks you to commit to one 30-day realignment.

Pair with: Life domain audit

When to use this

Once a year, or after a major life change (job, kid, move, illness).
When you catch yourself repeatedly defending a choice you feel uneasy about — usually a values / actual-hours mismatch.
Before a big planning session — the map catches the gaps a plan alone can’t.

How to complete it

Write your actual top-5 values, not the ones you’d list at a job interview. If ‘craft’ and ‘family’ both fight for your time, both go on the list.
Estimate weekly hours from a real recent week, not an aspirational one. Rough is fine.
For step 5, name what you’ll give up. If you can’t name the trade-off you’re making, the realignment will quietly fail.

Common mistakes

Declaring aspirational values you don’t actually hold. The gap will look worse than it is.
Trying to realign across multiple domains at once. One 30-day move, one domain, one trade-off.
Assuming the gap is a time problem. Sometimes it’s a boundary problem or a design-of-your-week problem.

Values-alignment map

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1. Your top-5 values (one word or short phrase each)

Not aspirational — what you actually value when you notice yourself defending a choice. If “family” and “work craft” both show up, both go on the list.

Value 1

Value 2

Value 3

Value 4

Value 5

2. Domain-by-domain check

For each domain: which of your top-5 values it maps to, alignment rating (1-5: how well your current time here matches how much you value it), and actual weekly hours (168h in a week — most sleep 56 and work 40-50, leaving ~60-70 discretionary).

Domain	Which value(s)?	Alignment 1-5	Actual hrs/wk
Work / craft
Health
Close relationships
Family
Money
Learning
Community / civic
Rest / solitude

3. The biggest gap

The value you rate highest AND under-invest in most. Usually one clear winner.

4. One 30-day realignment commitment

One specific, calendar-visible move for the next 30 days that closes the gap by any amount. Not a whole life re-design — one commitment.

5. What you'll give up to make room

If you can't name what you're giving up, you almost certainly won't follow through. Trade-off, not addition.