Audit your last seven days of behavior against stated…

When This Fires

• During weekly reviews when assessing whether your week reflected your values
• At the start of quarterly planning when determining which values need structural support
• When you feel misaligned but can't articulate where — the audit reveals the specific gaps
• After a period of drift when you suspect behavior has diverged from stated priorities

Common Failure Mode

Auditing from memory rather than data. "I think I spent a lot of time on deep work this week" is a narrative, not an audit. Pull actual data: calendar events with durations, screen time reports, transaction history, workout logs. Memory overweights salient activities and underweights passive time sinks, systematically distorting the audit in favor of your self-narrative.

The Protocol

(1) List your top 5 stated values. (2) For each value, gather behavioral data from the last 7 days: calendar (time allocation), screen time (attention allocation), spending (resource allocation), energy patterns (engagement allocation). (3) For each value, score alignment from 1-10: does your actual behavior match what you'd expect from someone who holds this value? Be honest — the data is right there. (4) Any score below 5 identifies a values-behavior gap worth investigating (see When behavior contradicts values, investigate the reward…). (5) Track scores over time. The trend matters more than any single week — a rising alignment score means your structural changes are working.