## Summary
The Wheel of Life is the most popular coaching tool for taking a snapshot of life satisfaction. You rate eight major life areas on a 1-10 scale, then connect the scores to create a wheel shape. The visual does the work: a smooth, round wheel rolls; a lopsided one jolts.
The eight categories:
- Health
- Relationships
- Career
- Finances
- Environment
- Personal Growth
- Recreation
- Spirituality
The guiding principle: *"A round wheel rolls"*. The goal is not perfection everywhere, but no single area so low it drags down everything else.
## How it compares
The Wheel of Life is quick and intuitive, a general life-balance check rather than a psychological instrument. For a research-backed measure of deeper well-being, see [[PERMA-Profiler]]. Both sit inside a wider family of measures gathered in [[Well-Being Frameworks]].
**Free online version:** wheeloflife.noomii.com
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`Concepts:` [[Well-being]]
`Knowledge Base:` [[Well-Being Frameworks]] · [[PERMA-Profiler]]