Life balance
Wheel of life worksheet: a free, printable template to see where your life is out of balance
Updated 26 October 2026 · 6 min read · Free to print
The Wheel of Life is a simple self-assessment that scores eight areas of your life (work, money, health, relationships, growth, fun, love and home) out of ten. Side by side, they show where life feels full and where it's running on empty. This free, printable worksheet helps you score it, set a target or two, and choose one next step.
Drawn from the coaching tradition · Part of goals and life balance
Fill it in here (it saves in this browser, but not in a private window), print it, or download the PDF. Free, no sign-up.
New to this? Read how to do a wheel of life for the method, then use the worksheet below. You may also see it called a life wheel or a life balance wheel. It is the same idea.
It's easy to pour energy into one or two parts of life (usually work), and quietly let the rest drift, without ever noticing the imbalance. The Wheel of Life is a coaching tool designed to make that imbalance visible. You rate eight areas of life out of ten, and the spread of your scores shows the pattern: a life that feels balanced tends to look fairly round, while a lopsided wheel can show you where attention has gone missing.
It's deliberately quick and a little rough. The point isn't a precise measurement, it's the honest gut-level read you get when you score 'health' a 3 and 'career' a 9 in the same minute.
This worksheet takes you through the whole loop: score the eight areas, read what the pattern is telling you, set a realistic target for the two or three areas that matter most, choose a single area to focus on, and define one small, doable step, because trying to fix all eight at once rarely leads anywhere.
How to use this worksheet
- 1Allow 15 to 20 minutes. Print it, or fill it in on screen, either works.
- 2Score on instinct. Your first number is usually the truest; don't overthink each one.
- 3Score how satisfied you feel, not how you think you 'should' feel or how it looks to others.
- 4Resist fixing everything. The whole method works because you pick one area, not eight.
The worksheet
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My Wheel of Life Worksheet
Score eight areas of your life, read the pattern, set a target or two, then turn one area into one realistic next step.
01Today's overall read
Taking everything together, how balanced does life feel right now?
02Score your eight areas
Rate each area from 1 to 10, 1 means deeply unsatisfied, 10 means fully satisfied. Go with your first instinct.
Career & work, how fulfilling and on-track does it feel?
Money & finances, how secure and in control do I feel?
Health & body, energy, fitness, sleep, how I feel physically.
Family & friends, the quality of my close connections.
Romance & love, my relationship, or how I feel about that part of life.
Personal growth, learning, purpose, becoming who I want to be.
Fun & recreation, play, rest, the things I do just because I enjoy them.
Environment & home, my space, surroundings and daily setup.
✦Your wheel
It fills in as you score the eight areas above. A rounder wheel means your scores are close together. A spiky one shows where you feel better and worse supported.
03Read your wheel
Look across the eight scores. Notice the highs, the lows, and any surprises.
Areas scoring highest, what's working
Areas scoring lowest, what's been neglected
The score that surprised me most, and why:
04Where I'd like each area to be
A target is not a 10. For two or three areas that matter most to you, write the score you would be content with and a rough time frame, like three months or a year. It is fine to leave an area where it is.
Entry 1
Entry 2
Entry 3
05Pick one area to focus on
Not necessarily the lowest, choose the one that, if it improved, would lift the most else with it.
The one area I'm choosing to work on:
Why this one, right now:
06What a +2 would look like
Don't aim for a 10. Picture this area just two points higher than its current score, concrete and believable.
If this area moved up two points, what would be different in my week?
07My first small step
One specific action, small enough that you could start this week.
Entry 1
Entry 2
When you're done, a moment to reflect
- Which area have you been telling yourself you'll 'get to later' for the longest?
- Is your lowest score low because of real circumstances, or because it's quietly stopped getting any of your attention?
- What would change if you re-scored this wheel in three months?
Done for now?
Save today's answers as a dated entry. You can come back, fill it in again and compare the two side by side.
What is the Wheel of Life, and how do you do the exercise?
The Wheel of Life is a long-standing coaching tool, and nobody can say for sure who first drew it. It has become a staple of life and executive coaching because it turns a vague sense of 'something's off' into a clear picture of which area is being neglected.
This version keeps the method simple: score, read the pattern, set a target or two, pick one area, take one step. It's a structured self-reflection exercise, not therapy or professional coaching, and it works best as a recurring check-in you can compare over time.
These are educational self-reflection tools, not therapy.
If you want to go deeper
- Paul J. Meyer — founder of the Success Motivation Institute, often credited with popularising the Wheel of Life (its exact origin is unclear).
- Henry Kimsey-House, Karen Kimsey-House, Phillip Sandahl & Laura Whitworth — Co-Active Coaching, where the wheel is a core tool.
Your questions, answered
- How many life areas should a wheel have?
- There is no fixed number, and this worksheet uses the areas it shows. What matters is that each one means something to you, so you can score straight away.
- What is the Wheel of Life used for?
- It's a quick self-assessment that helps you see how balanced your life is across the areas that matter, work, money, health, relationships, growth, fun, love and home. By scoring each one out of ten and comparing them, you spot where life feels full and where it's running low, which makes it easier to decide what actually deserves your attention next.
- What are the eight areas of the Wheel of Life?
- There's no single official list, but a common set is: career and work, money and finances, health and body, family and friends, romance and love, personal growth, fun and recreation, and environment and home. This worksheet uses those eight. Feel free to rename one if a different label fits your life better.
- How often should I fill in a Wheel of Life?
- You can use it as a periodic check-in, every few months, or at the start of a new year or season. Re-scoring it and comparing to last time is where a lot of the value is: it shows you whether the area you chose to focus on is actually moving.
- Should I set a target score for every area?
- No. Pick the two or three areas that matter most to you now, and choose a score you would be content with, not a 10. Some areas can stay as they are. A rough time frame, like three months, gives you a point to re-score and see if the area has moved.
- What's a 'good' Wheel of Life score?
- There isn't one, and a wheel of all 10s isn't the goal. What matters more than the height of the scores is how even they are. A roughly round wheel suggests balance; a spiky one shows where energy has pooled and where it's drained away. Use it to guide attention, not to grade yourself.
- Is this worksheet free to print?
- Yes. Everything on selfgrowth.org is free to fill in online or print, no payment and no email required. Use the Download PDF button for a clean copy, or Print for a paper version.
- Is the Wheel of Life a substitute for therapy or coaching?
- No. It's a structured self-reflection exercise, not therapy, medical advice or professional coaching. If a low score reflects something you're genuinely struggling with (low mood, anxiety, or a situation that feels stuck), it's worth talking it through with a qualified professional.
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