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ACT Daily Journal ACT Daily Action Plan

ACT Daily Action Plan

Step 1: What change do you want to make in an important domain (such as family, romantic partner, work, community,
leisure, physical self-care, creative expression, spirituality, or the environment)?

Step 2: What values motivate this change? 

Step 3: What actions can you take to demonstrate your values? 

Step 4: What inner and outer obstacles do you anticipate? What problem-solving skills and ACT processes will help you
overcome them?

Step 5: What contexts and cues can you create to support your actions? 

Step 6: How will you reinforce your actions? What could you do to keep the flame alive?

Step 7: Who’s on your support team? 

Step 8: How can you flexibly respond when you find yourself off course? 

© 2021 Diana Hill and Debbie Sorensen / New Harbinger Publications.


Permission is granted to the reader to reproduce this form for personal use.
ACT Daily Journal ACT Daily Planner

ACT Daily Planner

Today’s date:

A message from my compassionate coach (e.g., “You are How can I practice real self-care today (e.g., take a break
enough”): for lunch)?

ACT Process Check:


Being present: How can I slow down and be fully present?

Cognitive defusion: What unhelpful thoughts might hook me?

Acceptance: What TEAMS (thoughts, emotions, action tendencies, memories, sensations) have I been avoiding and am
willing to have?

Perspective taking: What self-story do I seem stuck in today, and what’s an alternative perspective?

Values: What words describe the person I want to be today?

Committed action: What small steps can I take toward building a meaningful life?

© 2021 Diana Hill and Debbie Sorensen / New Harbinger Publications.


Permission is granted to the reader to reproduce this form for personal use.
ACT Daily Journal ACT Daily Planner

Planning My Day

Tasks for today that support my values: Something I’m looking forward to today (i.e., a moment
to savor):

Something I am avoiding that I could move toward:


A small habit to work on:


• Something bigger than myself that I can focus on today:

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