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The Choice Audit

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Begin with one choice

It can be large or ordinary, recent or old. You do not need to know yet why you made it.

The Choice Audit is a free reflection instrument built around one question:

What participated in this choice?

It makes room to notice desire, expectation, security, opportunity, identity, obligation, fear and avoidance, and possibility. Use only the forces that seem relevant. A blank space does not mean unfinished work.

04 / Choice Audit

What participated in this choice?

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The Choice

Begin with one choice.

It can be large or ordinary, recent or old. You do not need to know yet why you made it.

Use only the forces that seem relevant.

Desire

What did I genuinely want?

What kind of participation was this?
Influence, not score.

Expectation

What did I expect — from myself or from others?

What kind of participation was this?
Influence, not score.

Security

What did this make feel more stable or certain?

What kind of participation was this?
Influence, not score.

Opportunity

What did this make available right now?

What kind of participation was this?
Influence, not score.

Identity

What part of me felt involved in this choice?

What kind of participation was this?
Influence, not score.

Obligation

What did I feel responsible for?

What kind of participation was this?
Influence, not score.

Fear & Avoidance

What was I trying to avoid?

What kind of participation was this?
Influence, not score.

Possibility

What could this make possible?

What kind of participation was this?
Influence, not score.

Reader-authored connections

Interactions between forces

Add a connection only when you notice one. The audit does not infer relationships, and an interaction does not prove causation.

    A change of perspective

    Read the choice across time

    These are three different views of the choice—not steps toward a better answer. Use any that help.

    Thought experiment

    What might have changed the choice?

    If one of these forces had not been present, how might this have been different? This is a thought experiment, not proof of causation.

    Would the choice have changed?

    Inspection

    BEFORE YOU DECIDE WHAT IT MEANS

    The audit keeps these questions open. It does not score evidence, rank explanations, or resolve contradictions for you.

    Hindsight checkAm I reconstructing the decision differently because I know what happened afterward?

    What here appears worth preserving?

    This is your judgment to make. The audit does not treat an answer as positive, healthy, or recommended.

    Reflection

    WHAT DO YOU NOTICE?

    The space below is yours. The audit will preserve what you enter without interpreting you.

    What it does—and does not do

    The audit helps you preserve what you noticed and look at relationships in your own words. It does not score, diagnose, rank, assign a type, claim causation, or decide what your reflections mean.

    A choice can belong to you without having originated only from you.

    Where it is now

    You can use the browser-native instrument here in the Workshop. It requires no email address, account, purchase, or personal information before use. A complete three-page printable version is available on this page too.

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