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.

Why it works

Without a feedback loop, values work can feel like an endless aspiration rather than a measurable practice. The weekly re-marking creates a behavioral feedback loop: movements inward are immediately reinforcing (evidence the practice works), and movements outward are diagnostic (signal that the action or frequency needs adjustment). This transforms the bullseye from a one-off assessment into a living instrument that changes behavior over time.

How to do it

1. Set a fixed weekly time to re-mark all four domains (same day and time each week for reliability).
2. Compare this week’s marks to last week’s — note changes, even small ones.
3. Ask: "What did I do differently in domains that moved inward? What is missing in domains that moved outward?"
4. Update the committed action for the coming week based on what you learn.

Evidence

Behavioral self-monitoring is one of the most consistently supported behavior-change techniques across health, productivity, and clinical domains; the bullseye provides a structured, values-linked self-monitoring format. (observational)

General self-monitoring evidence is strong; the specific weekly bullseye format has not been separately trialed outside broader ACT protocols.

Sources

• Michie et al. (2009), behavior change techniques review, Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Common mistake

Only doing the review when things are going badly, which turns it into a problem-analysis rather than a living practice. The review is most useful when things are going well too — that is how you see what is working.