Wheel of Life Template

What a wheel of life shows

The wheel of life is a one-page sketch used in coaching. Eight slices stand for parts of a life: work, money, health, the people around you, and the rest. You score each slice from 1 to 10. A round wheel means the scores are close together. A flat side means one area is getting less of you than the others. The shape is a prompt for a conversation, not a grade.

This wheel of life template keeps that sketch on the page. The starting areas are Career, Finances, Health, Friends and family, Romance, Personal growth, Fun and recreation, and Physical environment. Rename a slice when the label is wrong: Career can become School, or The business. The number in the hub is the average of the eight scores. It moves when a slider moves.

A 1 is an area you have been leaving alone. A 10 is an area that already has the attention you want. You do not have to push every score up. Most people pick one flat spot and decide the next concrete thing, then leave the rest of the wheel as it is.

How to use this wheel of life template

1. Name the review. Add a review title if you want one, and set the date.
2. Keep or rename the areas. Start from the eight areas, or rename any of them.
3. Score each area. Move each slider from 1 to 10. The wheel updates as the slider moves.
4. Write a note. Add a note or a goal where a score is lower than you want.
5. Keep a copy. Download the blank printable PDF, or save a filled PDF and a PNG of this wheel.

The draft is saved in this browser as you type, using localStorage. Come back to the same address on the same device and the wheel is still there. Clear draft removes it. Another browser, or a private window, starts from the eight standard areas at 5.

Blank PDF, filled PDF, and PNG

Blank printable PDF is an empty wheel: the standard eight names, ten rings, spokes, and two writing lines under each area. It does not include the title, scores, or notes currently on the page, so you can print a stack of copies and mark them with a pen. That file is the blank wheel of life template, and it is the printable wheel of life template people pin to a board or tuck into a notebook.

Filled PDF uses the names, scores, and notes on the page now, with the colored wheel on the same A4 sheet. PNG is a picture of that wheel plus the eight notes, useful when you want to drop the result into a doc or a message. Both files are built in the browser. Nothing is sent to a server.

A useful note names the next step

"Be better with money" does not tell you what to do on Monday. "Finances 4: move one bill onto autopay" does. Write the note after you see the shape, not before, so you are reacting to the flat spot instead of collecting wishes.