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Role-to-Value
Finding what a lost role was really made of, so it can survive in a form capacity allows.
A keep-close version. Read it here, or screenshot this page to have it on your phone — print and PDF copies will appear once final files are attached.
Take one lost role and ask what it actually gave — to you, and to the people around you. The answer is almost always a value, not a task list. And values have smaller forms.
The role
The role that's gone or changed
e.g. The one who hosted every occasion
What it gave you
The real gift, to you
e.g. Feeling useful; the pleasure of feeding people; being needed
What it gave others
The real gift, to them
e.g. A warm door; a place to gather; feeling looked after
The value underneath
The smaller form
The value survives — delivered differently, at a size that fits.
My version, at today's scale
e.g. Hosting: I choose the music and the guest list, someone else cooks — the door is still warm
You are not made a former person by losing the context — only the context changed. The value was never located in the task; that's why it can move.