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Workability Question
Not 'is it true' — is it working?
The central ACT question. Not "is this thought true?" but "is doing this working — in the service of the life I want to build?"
The strategy I've been using (thought, behavior, avoidance)
What it costs me (short-term, long-term)
What it buys me (be honest — it does something or you'd have stopped)
Toward what values does it move me?
Away from what values does it move me?
Workability, not truth
A thought can be 'true' and still not workable. The question is whether the whole package moves you toward or away from your values.