Sustaining Agency/Daily Practice Checklist
Daily Practice: Nurturing Your Agency
Here’s a “Sustaining Agency” Daily Practice Checklist, grounded in the Sustaining Agency module of Wikiversity.[1] This checklist is designed to help you consistently recognize and exercise your personal power in meaningful, principled ways, especially when facing challenges or feelings of helplessness.
1. Morning — Set the Intention for Empowered Action
- Reflect: Agency is your personal power to act—rooted in an internal locus of control and a refusal to succumb to learned helplessness.
- Set your daily intention, e.g.: “Today, I will identify one positive change I can make and commit to acting on it.”
2. Midday — Recognize and Mobilize Your Agency
A. Choose Something You Can Change
- Identify one area in your life where positive change is possible. Ensure it serves a constructive or ethical purpose.
B. Identify Your Personal Agency
- Reflect on the assets available to you—skills, knowledge, relationships, resilience, creativity, voice, emotional awareness, etc.
C. Overcome Ambivalence
- Notice if you're torn between change and inertia.
- Clarify the benefits of change vs. staying the same to resolve internal conflict and move forward.
D. Act Purposefully
- Using your identified assets, take at least one step toward the change you’ve chosen, no matter how small.
3. Evening — Reflect on Your Effort and Intention
| Reflection Prompt | Your Response |
| What change did I focus on today? | |
| Which personal strengths did I use? | |
| Did ambivalence arise—and how did I address it? | |
| What action did I take—even a small step? | |
| How did taking action affect my sense of agency and well-being? | |
| What’s my next step tomorrow to sustain this momentum? |