Try Stuff: Balanced Dashboard

 

Try Stuff

balanced life medicine wheel. Clockwise from top: white section play, joy, fun; yellow section people, connections; red section health, mental, physical, spiritual, emotional; black section job, volunteers, rolesThe balanced wheel outlines the importance of considering balance in each area of your life:

  1. Fun
  2. People and Connections
  3. Health
  4. Career

The activity below asks you to reflect on each area of your life and assess how balanced you feel based on levels (empty, half-full, and full). The activity will help set the stage before your career exploration journey. Take a look at the activity below.

 

 

 

 

Activity: Balanced Dashboard

Complete the activity below by dragging and dropping the check mark to the correct area of each quadrant based on how balanced you feel you are in that area.

Now ask yourself the following reflective questions:

  • How do you feel about your levels?
  • Do they look balanced or out of balance according to your definitions?
  • Are any areas full or approaching full? Does that feel good or bad?
  • Are any areas empty? How do you feel about that?
  • Which areas could use action, improvement, or innovation?
  • What obstacles might stand in your way?

Attributions

Balanced Dashboard adapted from “Medicine Wheel” by Littlejohn657 CC BY-SA 4.0. Modifications to add text.

License

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