CREATING YOUR LIFE BALANCE WHEEL

The most important boundary you can set is in managing your life so that you can begin to live it on “your” terms.

Pamela Byrd, “Byrd’s Eye View”

THE NEED FOR A MORE BALANCED LIFE Where You Are vs. Where You Want to Be Distractions Control You vs. You Controlling

Them The Nail Doesn’t Hurt Bad Enough Wanting It But Not Knowing How to Get It Believing that You Can Have What You Want Doing The Work - CHANGE

HOW DIFFICULT WOULD IT BE TO GET TO WHERE YOU WANT TO GO ON THIS WHEEL?

WHERE TO START

Fun, Leisure and Recreation

Personal Growth and Learning

Significant Other / Romance

Physical Environment(eg. Home) Career

Money

Health

Friends and Family

0 10

COMPLETING YOUR WHEEL OF LIFE

EXAMPLE

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WHEEL OF LIFE INSTRUCTIONSThe 8 sections in the Wheel of Life represent balance.

Please change, split or rename any category so that it’s meaningful and represents a balanced life for you. Next, taking the centre of the wheel as 0 and the outer edge as 10, rank your level of satisfaction with each area out of 10 by drawing a straight or curved line to create a new outer edge (see example) The new perimeter of the circle represents your ‘Wheel of Life’. Is it a bumpy ride?

WHERE I AM…

WHERE I WANT TO BE…

WHAT DO I DO????

Where Am I Now? Where Do I Want To Be? What Will It Take to Get There?

CREATE A LIFE BY DESIGN Take Inventory

Where You Are Where You Would Like to Be

Develop a Plan Complete Life Balance Wheel

Identify Areas of Your Life Determine % of Time You Need to Commit to that

Area Develop an Action Plan Monitor (Inspect What You Expect)

Daily/Weekly/Monthly

DEVELOPING YOUR PLAN Identify areas of focus (see examples)

What’s important to you? What are the areas to focus on that will get

you to where you want to be? What’s involved? (What activities does it

include?) How much time are you willing to

commit?

HOW TO DETERMINE TIME BREAKDOWN Assume 12 hrs/day Available to you Job consumes 50% of your time: 12 hrs/day x 7days/week = 84 hours 84/hrs x 50% = 42 hours 42 ÷ 5 (days/week) = 8.4 hrs/day (round to 9) 12 hrs/day – 9 hours = (leaves you) 3 hrs./day Remaining time: 84 (7 days) – 42= 42 hours How can you BEST utilize the remaining 42

hours?

RESOURCES TO HELP Wheel Examples (Reality and Desired) My Life Balance Wheel (as example) Life Balance Wheel Spreadsheet Template Life Balance Wheel Spreadsheet Example Post Your Wheel Do Weekly Planning Session Do Month-End Review

Inspect what you expect Make modifications as needed

GET READY….GET READY…