✅ Checkpoint: Values, Decluttering and Consumption

By Better Wise

Quiz

  1. Which statement best describes the difference between a value and a goal?
    • A value is a number of items to remove; a goal is a feeling about your home.
    • A value is a direction you keep choosing; a goal is something you can finish.
    • Values and goals are the same thing, just worded differently.
    • A value is something you finish; a goal is a direction you keep choosing.
  2. When a decision does not clearly serve one of your named values, what is the default answer according to the decision filter?
    • Yes, if it is on sale
    • Wait and ask a friend to decide
    • No
    • Yes, because saying no is rude
  3. In the declutter method, an item that is usable but belongs somewhere else in the home goes into the ____ bucket.
  4. Which room should you declutter first, and why?
    • The sentimental boxes, because they are the hardest
    • A small, low-emotion room such as the bathroom, to warm up the decision muscle
    • The garage, because it holds the most clutter
    • The closet, because clothing carries the most identity
  5. Cheap boots cost $30 and last 12 wears. Better boots cost $120 and last 120 wears. Which pair has the lower cost per use?
    • They are equal because the prices differ
    • The cheap boots, at $2.50 per use
    • The better boots, at $1.00 per use
    • Cost per use cannot be calculated for shoes
  6. The habit of letting a comparable item leave whenever a new item arrives, so the total count stays stable, is called one in, one ____.
  7. Which of these are the three questions of the decision filter? Select all that apply.
    • Is it on sale right now?
    • Does this serve one of my named values?
    • Is the true cost worth it, counting money, space, hours, attention, and upkeep?
    • Would my friends approve of this choice?
    • Would I still choose it if no one saw it?
  8. Write your own one-sentence decision filter in the form 'I say yes to ____ when it ____, and no when it ____.' Then run one real decision through it (a purchase, an object, or an invitation) and write down the named value, the true cost you counted, and your decision.

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