Coaching practices for Values Bullseye on a Budget

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• My budget is just neutral buckets
• Working on my values feels like an endless aspiration with no scoreboard
• I’m torn between two things I care about
• I keep telling myself I’m basically living in line with what I care about, but if I’m brutally honest about my actual behavior the last couple of weeks, I suspect I’m way further from the center than I let myself admit
• I pour everything into one part of my life

Practices that may help

1. Values Bullseye, Made Practical
   The values bullseye, developed by Tobias Lundgren within the ACT framework, is a visual exercise in which you rate how close your current behavior is to the bullseye in four life domains — work, relationships, personal growth, and leisure. It converts abstract values into a concrete gap-analysis, making it easier to choose one committed action that moves you toward the center. The exercise is part of the established ACT toolkit; direct evidence for the instrument is limited but the underlying ACT framework has substantial support.
2. Design conscious spending categories around your values
   Replace generic budget categories with value-named buckets so every allocation is self-evidently justified or not.
   Values-Based Spending, Made Practical
3. Review the bullseye weekly to track real movement
   Re-mark each domain every week and compare — small outward or inward shifts are your feedback loop.
   Values Bullseye, Made Practical
4. Use the bullseye to resolve competing values
   When two values pull in different directions, the bullseye shows you which domain is most neglected and most in need of attention.
   Values Bullseye, Made Practical
5. Rate your current position in each domain
   Mark on each domain’s bullseye how closely your recent behavior has matched the value — honestly.
   Values Bullseye, Made Practical
6. Map your values across the four life domains
   Write one core value statement for each domain — work, relationships, personal growth, leisure — before touching the bullseye.
   Values Bullseye, Made Practical
7. Turn the chosen domain into a committed action
   Convert the domain insight into a concrete, timed, values-linked behavior — not a vague intention.
   Values Bullseye, Made Practical
8. Apply the "value per dollar" test to major purchases
   Before a large purchase, ask how much wellbeing per dollar this generates relative to alternatives at the same cost.
   Values-Based Spending, Made Practical
9. Choose one domain to move toward the bullseye this week
   Pick the domain where a small move would matter most — not the most important one in the abstract.
   Values Bullseye, Made Practical
10. Values-Based Spending, Made Practical
    Values-based spending is the practice of deliberately allocating money toward what you have identified as genuinely important to you — and cutting spending that does not reflect those priorities. It is not minimalism or frugality; it is a decision framework that uses your stated values as the filter for every financial choice. The evidence base is primarily from financial psychology and hedonic wellbeing research, not clinical trials.

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