Life Categories Check-In
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This reflection practice invites you to assess nine core categories of your life. Consider each area with gentle curiosity rather than judgment, noting both what's thriving and what might benefit from more intentional attention. This is not about achieving perfection but about gaining awareness to guide your next steps.
Understanding the Rating Scale
As you reflect on each category, consider what the numbers mean:
- 1-3: Significant challenge or dissatisfaction. This area feels depleted, neglected, or may be causing distress.
- 4-6: Moderate satisfaction with room for growth. This area is functional but not flourishing.
- 7-8: Substantial satisfaction. This area feels well-nourished with specific aspects that could still be enhanced.
- 9-10: Exceptional fulfillment. This area feels deeply aligned with your values and supports your overall wellbeing.
Mind
- Thought Patterns - Quality of thoughts, beliefs, and cognitive habits
- Emotional Processing - Ability to experience and navigate feelings constructively
- Resilience - Capacity to adapt when facing uncertainty and life transitions
- Mental Clarity - Ability to maintain focus, presence, and clear thinking
- Self-Relationship - Balance between acceptance and growth-orientation
- Inner Dialogue - Nature of how you speak to yourself—critical or compassionate
Body
- Nutrition - Relationship with food choices, eating patterns, and overall nourishment
- Fitness - Regular movement, strength, flexibility, and cardiovascular health
- Recovery and Rest - Quality of sleep, downtime, and ability to recharge
- Prevention and Resilience - Practices for maintaining health and avoiding illness
- Body Awareness - Attentiveness to physical sensations and honoring your body's signals
Family
- Communication - Quality of exchanges with immediate and extended family
- Belonging - Sense of connection and individuality within family systems
- Heritage - Relationship with family traditions, stories, and dynamics
- Evolution - Balance between honoring roots and creating new patterns
- Conflict Resolution - Approaches to navigating differences and tensions
- Integration - Harmony between family relationships and other life dimensions
Community
- Community - Sense of belonging in broader social circles and groups
- Connection Depth - Quality and diversity in friendships and community bonds
- Authenticity - Capacity for vulnerability, trust, and genuine expression
- Reciprocity - Balance between giving and receiving in relationships
- Boundaries - Approaches to personal limits, conflict resolution, and growth
Romance
- Emotional Presence - Quality of attunement, vulnerability, and authentic connection within your partnership
- Communication - Patterns of expression, listening, and navigating differences with care and clarity
- Physical Connection - The embodied relationship from everyday touch to intimate encounters
- Shared Vision - Alignment between individual paths and collective journey in creating a meaningful life together
- Relational Integrity - Consistency between words and actions that creates safety, reliability, and mutual confidence
Spirit
- Practices - Rituals that nurture connection to deeper meaning
- Integration - Embodiment of spiritual insights in everyday decisions
- Inspiration - Sources of hope, wonder, and transcendence
- Grounded Seeking - Balance between spiritual exploration and grounding
- Values Alignment - Harmony between daily choices and core beliefs
Work
- Purpose - Alignment between daily work and core personal values
- Talents - Expression of unique gifts and abilities through vocation
- Impact - Sense of meaningful contribution beyond paycheck
- Relationships - Quality of professional connections and workplace environment
- Balance - Harmony between achievement and authentic expression
- Growth - Opportunities for mastery, learning, and recognition in your field
Money
- Money Management - Relationship with earning, spending, saving, and investing
- Value Alignment - Connection between financial choices and deeper values
- Security - Sense of sufficiency and stability in material resources
- Mindset - Stories and beliefs you carry about money's role in your life
- Present vs. Future - Balance between current enjoyment and future preparation
Play
- Playfulness - Integration of joy, laughter, and lightheartedness in everyday life
- Leisure Time - Regular dedication to activities that bring personal enjoyment
- Flow States - Experiences of full immersion and energized focus in enjoyable activities
- Adventure - Willingness to explore new experiences and embrace novelty
- Social Play - Sharing fun and recreational experiences with others
- Rejuvenation - How fun activities contribute to your energy and life satisfaction
Your Life Categories Summary
Reflection Questions
- Looking at your assessment, which 2-3 categories are currently most nourished?
- Which 1-2 categories might benefit from more intentional attention?
- How might these categories be influencing each other?
- What would a small, meaningful step toward balance look like this week?
- How does this reflection align with your vision for a well-crafted life?