Personal Values Goal Setting Worksheet
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Values are what we find meaningful in life. They are what you care about and consider to be important.
Values are different for everybody, and they can change over time.
Values are different from goals. Put crudely, goals can be ‘achieved’ whereas values are more like compass
directions that we want to head in. For example we might have the goal of getting our children to school on time,
which sits within the value of ‘being a good parent’ , or the goal of going for a jog while placing value upon
exercise and physical health.
The domains below are valued by some people. Leaving aside any obstacles for the moment, think about what is
important to you, and what you think makes for a meaningful life that you could value.
Family relations
What kind of relationships do you want with your family?
What kind of mother/father/brother/sister/uncle/aunt do you want to be?
Marriage / couple /
Physical wellbeing
What kind of values do you have regarding
intimate relations
your physical wellbeing? How do you want
What kind of husband/wife/partner do you want to be?
to look after yourself?
What quality of relationship do you want to be a part of?
Citizenship /
Parenting
What sort of parent do you want to be?
community
What qualities do you want your children
What kind of environment do you want
to see in you?
to be a part of? How do you want
to contribute to your community?
Friendships / social
Spirituality
relationships
What kind of relationship do you
What sort of friend do you want to be?
want with God / nature / the Earth?
What friendships is it important to cultivate?
How would you like to act towards your
friends?
Recreation
Employment
How would you like to enjoy yourself?
What kind of work is valuable to you?
What relaxes you? When are you
What qualities do you want to bring as an employee?
most playful?
What kind of work relationships would you like to
build?
Education / training /
personal growth
How would you like to grow?
What kind of skills would you like to develop?
What would you like to know more about?
Adapted from: Wilson, Sandoz, Kitchens & Roberts (2010). The Valued Living Questionnaire: defining and measuring valued action
within a behavioural framework. The Psychological Record, 60, 249-272.
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