After talking about scoreboards over the last few weeks, I got thinking about a worksheet we use in life coaching that could serve as, dare I say, the perfect tool to get an honest, nonjudgmental reading on how my game of life is looking overall. It’s a rating scale that could serve as a positive personal scoreboard — one that I get to be the umpire of.

On this Life Balance Wheel there are eight categories listed. I give each category a number from 1–10 based on my in-the-moment experience. Lower numbers signal an area that could use assistance, and possibly outside support. Higher numbers reflect areas in my life that feel strong and solid.

The purpose of this exercise isn’t to judge, but to assess. Not to criticize, but to notice. It gives me a clearer snapshot of where I am. That way, I get to shed light on things that are going really well and areas where I need reinforcements. Let’s go through the eight categories on the Life Balance Wheel to better understand how to rate them. 

• Physical Health – How my body feels in this season. My energy, sleep, movement, and general sense of strength or fatigue.
• Emotional Health – My inner emotional climate. Am I mostly steady? Overwhelmed? Reactive? Peaceful? I rate this based on how it feels to live inside my own mind right now.
• Self-Compassion – The tone of my inner voice. Am I being gentle with myself? Am I bad-girling myself? These days, does my inner voice sound more like a compassionate teacher or a harsh critic?
• Relationships – The health of my closest connections. Do I feel supported, heard, and valued? Am I offering other people the support they need? Are my interactions mostly nourishing or draining?
• Purpose/Career – This reflects how my daily schedule actually feels. Whether it’s a career, parenting, caregiving, or something else — does what I do with my time feel meaningful or at least manageable?
• Financial – My relationship with money. Not the number in my bank account, but my stress level, clarity, and sense of stability and confidence around my finances.
• Environment – The energy of the spaces where I spend the most time. My home, my office, my routines — do they support my well-being or subtly exhaust me?
• Connection/Fun – The joy, creativity, play, and connection in my life. Am I allowing space for pleasure that isn’t tied to productivity or responsibility?

Given that growth is often hard to measure, a great feature of this worksheet is that it offers a snapshot of how things look now, and can be used to measure progress when I circle back to it in the future. So enjoy your optional assignment, Team, and let me know in the comment section below if you learned anything about your game of life by filling it out. 

Next week we’re actually going to be chatting about something to consider once we identify areas in our lives that could use a bit of support. Please join us for that, and until then—thanks so much for listening!