The Wheel of
Life Assessment.
Rate eight areas of your life from 1 to 10 and watch your wheel draw itself as you go. When you finish, you will see your two lowest areas, a simple next step for each, and a clean version you can print.
A wheel of life is a simple picture of how balanced your life feels right now. You score eight areas, like health, money, family and purpose, from 1 to 10. Each score fills in one slice of a circle. Where the wheel bulges, things are going well. Where it goes flat, that is the place where a little attention will help the most. It takes a few minutes, and it is one of the most honest life balance assessments I know.
How This Works
This is a reflection tool, not a clinical test. There are no right or wrong scores, and nobody is grading you. A 1 means that area feels like a real struggle right now. A 10 means it could hardly be better. Score how things feel today, not how you think they should feel. Your scores stay on this device and nothing is sent anywhere.
You can also print a blank wheel of life template and fill it in by hand with a pen, which is great for a journal, a class, or a team.
Score each area
from 1 to 10.
Health– / 10
How well are you caring for your body right now: sleep, food, movement and energy?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Work & Career– / 10
How do you feel about the work you do each day and where it is heading?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Money– / 10
How calm and in control do you feel about money?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Relationships– / 10
How connected do you feel to your partner and your friends?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Family– / 10
How are things with the family you live with or feel closest to?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Growth & Learning– / 10
Are you learning and stretching, or mostly doing what you already know?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Fun & Rest– / 10
Do you get real rest, and time for the things that make you laugh?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Purpose & Contribution– / 10
How much do you feel your life matters to the people and the world around you?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Score all eight areas and your two lowest will show up here, each with one simple next step.
Your wheel is yours
to turn.
One of the principles in my book is Own It. Every Day. It does not mean blaming yourself for the flat spots. It means deciding that you are the one who gets to do something about them, a little at a time.
See it honestly
A low score is not a grade. It is information. You cannot fix what you will not look at, and you just looked.
Pick one area
Trying to fix all eight at once is how people burn out. Choose the one that would make the others easier.
Move it one point
Do not aim for a 10. Ask what would move a 4 to a 5 this month, then do that one thing.
You do not need a perfect wheel. You need one that is a little rounder than last month.
About the
wheel of life.
What is the wheel of life?
The wheel of life is a simple tool for seeing how balanced your life feels. You score several areas of life, here eight of them, from 1 to 10. Each score fills in a slice of a circle, and the shape shows you at a glance which areas are strong and which could use some attention.
How do I use a wheel of life template?
Score each area from 1 to 10 based on how it feels today, then shade each slice out to that number. You can do it right on this page and watch it draw, or press Print a Blank Template and fill it in by hand. Then look at the two lowest slices and choose one small step for one of them.
What should I do with my lowest scores?
Pick one low area, not all of them, and ask what would move it up by a single point. Small, steady changes work far better than big overhauls. If you want help turning that into a plan, How to Set Goals You’ll Actually Keep and The 90 Day Plan are good places to start.
How often should I do a life balance assessment?
Every three months works well for most people. That is long enough for real change to show up and short enough to catch an area before it slides too far. Print your wheel and keep it, so next time you can compare the shapes side by side.
You Are Capable
of More.
Ten principles for the person who knows there is more in them, starting with owning where you are today so you can decide where you go next. Winner of the How-To category at the 2026 Paris Book Festival.
Where to
go next.
How to Get Your Life Together
A calm, step by step way to get back on track when several parts of your wheel feel flat at once.
Read It →How to Change Your Life in 90 Days
Why ninety days is the right size for real change, and how to use it on the area you scored lowest.
Read It →How to Find Your Purpose
If purpose and contribution came out low, start here, with questions that point you toward what matters to you.
Read It →How to Set Goals You’ll Actually Keep
Turn one low score into one goal small enough to start this week and real enough to keep.
Read It →The 90 Day Plan
Take the area you want to work on and build a simple ninety day plan around it, right on the page.
Build Your Plan →
When I’ve got something worth sending.
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Sometimes that’s twice in a month. Sometimes it’s not for a while.