Values

After some thought, but not surprisingly, my five most important values out of fifty turn out to be, in alphabetical order:

Autonomy (places importance on freedom, independence, and individual discretion)
Creativity (placing importance on imagination, inspiration, and inventiveness)
Education (placing importance on learning and education)
Friendship (strong ties with family, friends, co-workers, or members of a certain community)
Pleasure (enjoyment, delights, satisfaction, or fulfillment)

The next five, also alphabetical, and given up reluctantly when having to reduce down to the final group, are Competence (ability to solve problems, demonstrates mastery), Fairness (placing importance on justice, decency, and equality), Health (placing importance on physical and emotional well-being), Privacy (the need for solitude or separateness), and Recognition (acknowledgment and/or validation).

An interesting self-assessment. I was sad about weeding things out like Spirituality, and Order—but clearly had to exclude Decisiveness from the very beginning!


image: Christie B. Cochrell, Hexham Abbey