Wheel of Life

The Wheel of Life is a visual depiction of your satisfaction levels across important areas of your life and can help to visually demonstrate specific areas of life that require attention.

How? With a pen and paper, draw a large circle. This denotes your life! Divide the circle into 8 sections (like 8 pieces of pie). Firstly, divide the circle in half with a line through the centre, then, divide into quarters with another line and into eighths with two further lines. Each section denotes areas of your life.

Score every line evenly, from the centre to the outer edge from 1 – 10 with 1 being closest to the centre of the circle and 10 being the outer edge of the circle.

Label each section of the wheel with key areas of your life. Choose from the following list or use your own categories. My suggestions can be subdivided in your circle for example family and friends might be two separate sections:

Wheel of Life Categories

Health / Wellbeing; Family / Friends;

Significant Other / Partner / Dating / Relationship / Romance;

Work / Career / Parenting / Business;

Finance / Money;

Home / House / Physical Environment;

Social Life / Sports & Recreation / Fun / Play / Hobbies / Relaxation;

Self-development / Education / Learning / Personal Growth;

Contribution to Society / Volunteering / Community;

Wheel of Life Scores

Ask yourself how satisfied you are with each area of your life. Reflect on each category and score each out of 10. Then chart each of your scores on your wheel, drawing a line on each section for every score. The value 1 is closest to the centre of the circle and 10 is the edge of the circle.

Colour in each section from 0 to the score you allocated. A score of 10 means the entire piece of pie is coloured. A score of 5 means that the half, closest to the centre of the circle, is coloured.

Scores of 8,9,10 demonstrate satisfaction with that area of life. Scores of 1-4 show there is a distinct need for improvement and an opportunity for change.

Examine your Wheel Of Life. Is your wheel balanced? Is it wobbly? Which areas of your life need addressing? How can you increase scores in low-scoring sections? Set goals to make improvements. What would make a 10 score? What do you need to get started? What is the one thing that needs to happen to make your life more balanced? How can you set about making that happen? The purpose of this exercise is to see where our lives are balanced and the aspects/areas that need attention. Armed with this knowledge, what steps can you take to make your life more balanced for 2020?

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Appreciate You

Be Nice.

Be Kind.

Be Gentle.

Appreciate you. Appreciate your unique place in this world. Appreciate your flaws, your wrinkles, your belly, your pimples and dimples – whatever it is that you see when you look in the mirror, learn to like and love that person.

In order to feel as content as we possibly can, we must be nice, kind and gentle with ourselves. We can start to do this in a variety of ways. We might, for example, stop ourselves from saying something negative. We might catch ourselves thinking negatively and challenge the unhelpful thought or we might allow ourselves to take a risk and make a mistake. One sure-fire way to improve our relationship with ourselves is to create appreciation.

Build a loving relationship with you.

Write down three things every day that you appreciate about you. It doesn’t have to be anything big or out of the ordinary – just that you did something well. Be thankful for the ordinary and mundane things in life, the things we take for granted.

When you force yourself to think positively about yourself every day, it soon it becomes a habit and you learn to see you in more positive light. The more you do this and the more consistent you are, the easier it becomes!