The Wheel of Life

Is your life wobbling out of control? Let’s find those busted spokes and fix them. Because honestly, life’s too damn short to keep pedaling uphill with a broken wheel.

Here's the deal: if life feels hard right now, it’s not because you’re failing. It’s because something in your life wheel is completely out of whack. Yes, your life is like a wheel. Each part of it—career, health, relationships, fun, finances—is a spoke. And when one of those spokes breaks or gets weak, the whole damn thing wobbles.

The good news? You can fix it.

The Wheel of Life isn’t some magical self-help gimmick. It’s a no-BS way to see where your life is out of balance and figure out where to focus your energy. This isn’t about making your life perfect overnight. It’s about making the ride smoother so you don’t feel like you’re pedaling uphill with a tire made of soggy cardboard.

What’s in This Guide?

1. Why Your Life Feels Wobbly: A quick, honest look at how imbalance in one area of your life messes with everything else.

2. How to Map Your Wheel: Step-by-step instructions to rate your satisfaction in key areas of life and draw your very own lopsided potato wheel (don’t worry, we all have one).

3. What to Do Next: Simple, actionable steps to fix the areas dragging you down—without overhauling your entire existence.

1. Why your life feels wobbly:

Grab a notebook, a piece of paper, or the back of a napkin—we’re not fancy here. Reflect on your life and rate your satisfaction in key areas like health, relationships, career, fun, and so on. Be brutally honest—this isn’t a highlight reel for Instagram; it’s just for you. Think about where you’re thriving and where you’re barely hanging on. The goal is to get real about what’s working and what’s not, so you can stop spinning your wheels and start making changes.

The Spokes of Your Life:

1. Health & Fitness

Are you treating your body like a temple or a trash bin?

Score: ___ (1 = “I’m a couch potato with a caffeine addiction,” 10 = “I’m basically a CrossFit deity.”)

2. Career & Work

Are you excited to wake up and do your job? Or do you fantasize about flipping tables and quitting every Monday?

Score: ___ (1 = “Help, I’m stuck in a Dilbert cartoon,” 10 = “I’m crushing it.”)

3. Relationships

Are your relationships fulfilling, or are you surrounded by energy vampires and drama kings/queens?

Score: ___ (1 = “I avoid everyone,” 10 = “My crew lifts me up like a damn pep rally.”)

4. Love & Romance

Are you feeling connected, loved, and desired, or is your love life a ghost town or stuck in the roommate zone?

Score: ___ (1 = “What’s romance again?” 10 = “We’re basically a rom-com power couple.”)

5. Finances

Are you financially stable, or does your wallet look like a crime scene?

Score: ___ (1 = “I’m Googling ‘how to sell a kidney,’” 10 = “I’ve got my own yacht fund.”)

6. Fun & Recreation

When’s the last time you did something purely for fun? Do you even remember what fun feels like?

Score: ___ (1 = “Fun? What’s that?” 10 = “I’m the poster child for joy.”)

7. Personal Growth

Are you learning, evolving, and challenging yourself, or just binge-watching Netflix and calling it a day?

Score: ___ (1 = “Stagnant puddle,” 10 = “Personal growth powerhouse.”)

8. Emotional Well-Being

Are you riding the rollercoaster of chaos, or do you actually feel calm and centered?Score: ___ (1 = “Stress ball on legs,” 10 = “Zen master vibes.”)

9. Physical Environment

Is your home/office a sanctuary or a cluttered hellscape that stresses you out?

Score: ___ (1 = “I live in a dumpster fire,” 10 = “My space sparks joy, Marie Kondo style.”)

10. Contribution & Legacy

Are you making an impact, giving back, or leaving your mark on the world—or just surviving day to day?

Score: ___ (1 = “I’m not doing anything that feels meaningful,” 10 = “I’m actively creating something that matters.”)

2. How to map your wheel:

Now that you’ve rated each spoke, you’re ready to draw your Wheel of Life where you’ll turn these numbers into a visual map of your life. If it looks like a mutant starfish instead of a smooth wheel, it’s time to make some changes! 🚴‍♀️

The Wheel of Life

Draw Your Wheel

1. Plot your ratings for each category along the spokes.

2. Connect the dots.

3. Take a good look at your “wheel.” If it's a more lopsided potato than a smooth circle, congratulations—you’re human.

3. What to Do Next

   
   

Once you’ve identified the wobbly spokes, here’s the plan:

Pick One Area to Focus On:

Don’t try to fix everything at once—it’ll just stress you out. Start with the area that’s dragging you down the most or feels the most urgent.

Make Small Changes:

Small steps are your secret weapon. The goal isn’t to overhaul your entire life in a single afternoon—it’s to start, build momentum, and let that momentum snowball. Here are a few examples to give you the idea:

• Health? 

  Take a 15-minute walk like you’re on a mission or sneak an extra handful of spinach into your sandwich. Nobody’s asking you to turn into a kale guru overnight.

  
  

• Fun? 

  Blast your favorite playlist and dance like it's 1999. Or call up that old friend you’ve been meaning to text since 2016 and actually catch up. If all else fails, grab a coloring book and let your inner 10-year-old go to town.

  
  

• Finances? Start with the low-hanging fruit: cancel that subscription you haven’t used in six months or skip the $7 latte for a week. (Spoiler: you’ll survive.)

The magic is in the small stuff. Tiny tweaks lead to big results—so stop overthinking and just do something. Anything.

Reassess Monthly: Life changes, so revisit your wheel every month. Celebrate your progress and adjust your focus as needed

Here’s the deal:

life isn’t about achieving some perfect, mythical balance where every part of your existence hums along in harmony like a Pinterest-worthy vision board. That’s a lie they sell you on social media. Life is messy. Wheels get wobbly. Stuff breaks. And that’s normal.

The point isn’t perfection—it’s progress. Your Wheel of Life isn’t here to shame you for your lopsided, mutant starfish of a wheel. It’s here to give you clarity. To help you see exactly where things have gone sideways and, more importantly, where to focus your energy to actually fix it.

Start with one spoke. Just one. Don’t try to rebuild the whole damn wheel overnight—this isn’t NASCAR. Pick the area that’s dragging you down the hardest, make one tiny, actionable change, and let it snowball.

Here’s the kicker: life changes, and so does your wheel. What’s working this month might need tweaking next month. That’s fine—it’s called being human. Just keep coming back to your wheel, reassess, and keep rolling. Because life isn’t about making the ride perfect. It’s about making it smooth enough that you can stop obsessing over the damn bumps and start enjoying the scenery.

So, get your wheel in order. Make some changes. And for the love of all things holy, stop riding around on a lopsided disaster. You’ve got this.

Now go fix your wheel. Let’s roll. 🚴‍♀️

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