Drag 12 life domains into your order of importance. The top 3 become your compass — the things you orient hard decisions around, especially when fear wants to point you elsewhere.
Anxiety narrows attention to threat. Decisions made from that narrowed view tend to be small, defensive, and regretful. A values compass gives you a counterweight: a direction to walk toward, not just a fear to walk away from.
The top 3 should feel both right and slightly uncomfortable — if it's purely comfortable, you're describing what you already have, not what you want.
A compass doesn't make decisions for you — it narrows what they need to be about. Some decisions still need time and information.
That's normal. Pick the one you'd defend harder if someone tried to take it from you.
Every 6 months, or after a major life change. Values drift more slowly than moods.