Life Balance

Are You Incorporating Life Balance Into Your Daily Routine?

Health is a “complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”  - The World Health Organization definition of health

A lot of us talk about having life balance. We want to feel like we are in complete control of all areas of our life. But, usually our day-to-day routine does not incorporate true life balance. We set-up schedules and routines to live by, assuming they are meeting the needs of every aspect of life balance, but it is truly a façade.

What does it mean to have life balance? Look at the Wellness Wheel below, do you feel that all of these areas are sufficiently incorporated into your life at this moment? Are you physically well? Socially well? Intellectually well?

From zero to 100 rank yourself in terms of how YOU think each of these dimensions of wellness is fulfilled in your life (zero being not at all and 100 being completely fulfilled, I wouldn’t change a thing).

Spiritual Wellness = ___/100

Physical Wellness =  ___/100

Intellectual Wellness = ___/100

Emotional Wellness = ___/100

Occupational Wellness = ___/100

Social Wellness = ___/100

Is there an area of your life which you would change?  Which Dimension of Wellness seems to be lacking in terms of your overall life balance? What does this dimension mean to you?

For example, if you say that Physical Wellness is low – what does it mean to you – to be physically well? What are your health goals?

• Exercise Goals
• Sleep Goals
• Nutrition Goals

You can do this for each of the Dimensions of Wellness to help incorporate more balance into you daily and weekly routine. Sometimes routines are just ruts and we need to take a step back to see what is either missing from our life or what needs to be added to our life.