How to evaluate current life situation

Article contains thoughts, recommendations  and suggestions about evaluation of your life. The question why is it important to evaluate current situation was answered in previous blog entry.

Importance of the big picture
Everyone has heard, that having lots of money doesn’t bring happiness. But why? Once again we have heard the answer million times. We can’t just buy most important things. So, if we have money, it doesn’t mean we’re happy, healthy and so on. As you can see the balance of life is most important thing, because besides money we still need friends, health, love and many other things, which you can’t get in exchange for money.

I made a template, where life is divided into 6 areas. Every area consists of some components. In life, every area should be not left behind or too far from others (it means, that all areas are left behind except one). You can find template here.

Evaluate every component from 1 to 10. Area average is calculated automatically. And average of all areas is written at the end of the template.

Purpose of this template is to be filled every year, because it lets to observe progress in your life.

Balance
For visually seeing your life balance, I made life circle template. Just take assessments of every area of your life and write them here. Now connect assessments with circle, which should be round as much as possible. Large dents shows that your life is out of balance. By looking at the circle, you can tell the first area where you need to start improving your life.

Final thoughts
No matter how it’s important to plan and measure, only action makes difference. So, don’t take too long and take some actions.

Summary
The most important thing in your life is balance.

Life areas evaluation template here.
Circle of life template here.

May 2, 2009 · Povilas Panavas · No Comments
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