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”
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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7
2
4
5
8
6
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…