# ✅ 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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## Contents

Part of [🌿 Minimalism and Intentional Living: Less Noise, More Meaning](https://everwise.study/courses/minimalism-and-intentional-living-less-noise-more-meaning.md)

- **🧭 Clarify Values and Declutter Possessions**
  - [💎 Define Your Core Values and Decision Filter](https://everwise.study/courses/minimalism-and-intentional-living-less-noise-more-meaning/define-core-values-decision-filter.md)
  - [📦 Declutter Possessions Room by Room](https://everwise.study/courses/minimalism-and-intentional-living-less-noise-more-meaning/declutter-possessions-room-by-room.md) (sign-in required)
  - [🛒 Mindful Consumption: Buy Less, Choose Better](https://everwise.study/courses/minimalism-and-intentional-living-less-noise-more-meaning/mindful-consumption-buy-less-choose-better.md)
  - [✅ Checkpoint: Values, Decluttering and Consumption](https://everwise.study/courses/minimalism-and-intentional-living-less-noise-more-meaning/checkpoint-values-decluttering-consumption.md) — this lesson
- **🏡 Simplify Digital Life, Commitments and Home**
  - [📱 Declutter Your Digital Life](https://everwise.study/courses/minimalism-and-intentional-living-less-noise-more-meaning/declutter-digital-life.md)
  - [🚫 Say No and Prune Commitments](https://everwise.study/courses/minimalism-and-intentional-living-less-noise-more-meaning/say-no-and-prune-commitments.md)
  - [🏠 Design a Simple Home and Daily Routines](https://everwise.study/courses/minimalism-and-intentional-living-less-noise-more-meaning/design-simple-home-daily-routines.md)
  - [🎯 Capstone: Build Your One-Page Simple Living Plan](https://everwise.study/courses/minimalism-and-intentional-living-less-noise-more-meaning/capstone-one-page-simple-living-plan.md) (premium content)
  - [✅ Checkpoint: Digital Life, Commitments and Routines](https://everwise.study/courses/minimalism-and-intentional-living-less-noise-more-meaning/checkpoint-digital-life-commitments-routines.md) (premium content)
- [Course cheatsheet](https://everwise.study/courses/minimalism-and-intentional-living-less-noise-more-meaning/cheatsheet.md) (premium content)