Free interactive worksheet

Toward & Away Moves

Some of what you do in a day moves you closer to the person you want to be, and some of it carries you off in another direction. This exercise, borrowed from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, asks you to pick one value and sort your everyday behavior by which way it takes you.

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Toward & Away Moves

Write in a value you care about. Then list three behaviors or things you do that move you toward it, and three that move you away. Add more with the + button if you need them.

Toward moves

Things you do that carry you closer to this value.


Away moves

Things you do that take you the other way.

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These worksheets are self-reflection exercises, not therapy or treatment. If you are experiencing a medical or mental-health emergency, contact emergency services or a crisis hotline immediately.