Wheel of Life

The Wheel of Life is a popular coaching tools which can be used to help you: 

• work out how satisfied you are with the priority areas of your life; 

• look at where you are and where you want to be in life; and

• start to take action towards where you want to be.

The Wheel of Life is never static, and will not be neatly balanced, either: I like to call it the Wonky Wheel of Life, as it would be an uncomfortable ride on a car of bike.

You can use this exercise for your whole life, or for a specific part of your life, and it can be used alongside other tools, such as Be, Do, Have.

Do the exercise

• Draw a round circle, and draw lines - 'spokes' across it so you have eight (8) sections.

• On one or all of the 'spokes', label 10 on the outside, and 0 by the middle: you now have a sliding scale.

• Choose eight (8) sections of the Wheel of Life to represent different aspects of your life that are important to you (I've given you some ideas below).

• Rate your level of satisfaction with each area and mark the number in each section: the centre of the wheel is one (1) (extremely dissatisfied)  and the outer edges as 10 (extremely satisfied). 

  • It's unlikely you will always feel a ten(10)  in every area! In fact, some people never rate anything as ten (10), as they feel there's always room for improvement

• Now join up the marks. Don’t worry if it’s wonky: it’s meant to be!

• Now draw another ring around your completed wheel.

• Write down the satisfaction number you'd like to have in that area of your life.

You can use these suggested categories to get you started, or use your own - it doesn't matter! The important thing is that his tool will help you recognise what your life looks like right now, what you want it to look like, and there there is a disconnect between the two. Then you can start working towards a better balance, and a life where you feel you are thriving.

Suggested categories

Family; Friendships; Significant relationship(s); Physical health; Mental health; Boundaries; Faith, religion or spirituality; Personal growth and development; Fun and recreation; Hobbies and leisure; Personal growth; Home / housing; Career / Work / Studies; Money; Fitness; Sleep; Eating.

Now what?

The idea of doing this exercise is to identify areas of your life where you would like to make a change. Here are prompt questions to help you get started:

• Which area - or areas - would you like to make a change in?

• What would you like to look different in that area of your life?

• What number would you like this to be?

• What needs to happen to move that number?

• What one thing could you do today - or soon - to move that number?

You can then start to look at setting goals or intentions to start moving towards the kind of life you have described in this exercise. You may want to consider short-term, medium-term and long-term goals, but do this in a way that will support your goals, rather than against. If, for example, you find it hard to think five years from now, start with two years, one year, or even next month or next week. You could consider setting SMART goals, but if not, maybe focus on the R = realistic and A = achievable when you set them. 

Would you like to explore this further? Get in touch for a FREE 30-minute Discovery Call, where we can chat about how coaching could help you start to make changes in your life.