THE WHEEL OF LIFE: A TOOL BY ALI ABDAAL

THE BASICS

What is the Wheel of Life?

The Wheel of Life is a self-help tool designed to assess and visualize different aspects of your life. It’s a circular diagram with sections representing various life areas.

For Ali Abdaal’s listeners, I’ve created a version based on the world’s most-followed productivity expert’s (his words, not mine) insights. It includes the life areas he discusses in his video.

Here are all the mentioned areas:

Health

• Body: Physical well-being, fitness, and overall health.

• Mind: Mental health, cognitive well-being, and emotional balance.

• Soul: Spiritual well-being and/or connection to meaning in life.

Relationships

• Romance: Connection and fulfillment in the realm of romance.

• Family: Quality of relationships with family members and the overall family dynamic.

• Friends: Satisfaction and connection with friends, companionship, and social circles.

Work

• Mission: Fulfillment in your career or job, including alignment of your work with your life purpose, values, and personal mission.

• Money: Financial well-being, income, savings, and overall financial health.

• Growth: Personal and professional development and learning.

THE ASSESSMENT

What is the Purpose of the Wheel of Life?

The purpose of the Wheel of Life is to help you evaluate your current level of alignment (how closely your current actions align with your aspirations) or fulfillment in each area of your life.

You're asked to rate your satisfaction on a scale of 1 to 10, for each life category. By doing so, the Wheel of Life provides a bird's-eye view of the areas in your life, helping you evaluate which aspects need more attention or improvement.

By the way, Ali Abdaal has written a book on productivity, featuring more tools like these. Consider giving it a read.

Ali Abdaal's Wheel of Life

Start the assessment below.

CONCLUSION

What to do after next?

After evaluating your life from a bird's-eye view with Ali Abdaal's Wheel of Life, you can transform your vague wishes into specific, actionable approach oriented goals. It's recommended to have set goals for a quarter (12 weeks).

Approach oriented goals: Instead of focusing what not to do, focus on what to do instead.

You can then extract projects & tasks from these goals. Here's are two examples:

1. Relationships - Friends: I want to go on three hikes with Ali and Maya (imagine they are my close friends) before the end of 12 weeks.

   1. Potential projects: Plan for the 3-night Genji Pukka trek.

      1. Potential tasks: Pitch the idea. Buy a new trekking bag. Set a date.

2. Work - Money: I want to earn 100 USD from my blog before the end of this quarter (from January to March).

   1. Potential projects: Write a blog on the best books on rationality. Make 5 of your blogs more readable.

      1. Potential tasks: Learn about rationality. Find out the best books.

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