How Are You Doing?

We are so used to answering the question: “How are you doing?” with a random answer that doesn’t really give any insight. Instead, go into details and evaluate your life in several key areas

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Grab your pen and paper and take some time to score yourself in the following on a scale of 1 to 10. Fill in the dots in each sector starting from to center moving outwards according to the score you gave yourself. Be honest with yourself and go through the questions in each block to think of different areas.

As everybody is different, it may be that some areas don’t matter to you that much. But still, it’s important to look into yourself and ask if my current situation is in sync with my personality, meaning the engagement is just as little or as much as you would like it to be without feeling left out or forcing yourself to do something you’d rather not.

So when going through the list, keep in mind that this isn’t the score of how well you meet what your friends, family, and society expect from you, but it’s the score of how the current situation meets your expectations about this.

Career and Finances

• Do you have a job where you feel that you’re moving forward?
• Is it giving you the financial security you need?
• Can you afford to put money aside or invest it every month?
• Is your current job motivating you and satisfying your ambitions?
• Do you spend all your time working for someone else or do you have a side business you do for your own pleasure?
• Is what you’re doing right now something you can see yourself doing until your retirement?
• If you could wake up to your dream career how different would it be from where you are right now?
• Can you see yourself reaching it from your current position?

Mission

• How strong is your need to give something back to the world, to help your close ones, your city, country, planet, and universe?
• Do you know how you would want to do it?
• Are you contributing right now?
• Do you wish you could do more?
• Or are you feeling that you give too much?

Friends and Social Life

• Do you feel that you have enough friends?
• Do you have enough social interactions with your friends and other people in your circle?
• Are you spending as much time with your friends as you would like to?
• Do you have a friend or two who you feel very close with?
• Do you have a friend who you can always rely on?

Family and Relatives

• Who do you consider your family?
• Are they also your relatives?
• How are your relationships with your parents, and siblings?
• Do you feel that you spend enough time with them?
• Are there any conflicts with your family that are bothering you?
• Does your family know what’s going on in your life and do they support you?
• Is there anything you wish that was different when it comes to the relationship with your family members?

Love

• Do you feel loved?
• Do you love yourself?
• Have you met your soulmate?
• Are you in a relationship?
• Is that the kind of relationship where you want to be?
• Can you be yourself in that relationship?
• Is your love accepted and welcome?
• Are you and your partner on the same path growing together?

Health and fitness

• How do you define health and fitness?
• Do you consider yourself healthy and fit?
• Do you think your level of fitness is pulling down your overall health?
• How do you define a healthy lifestyle?
• Is it something you can afford for yourself?
• If you would look in the mirror and see the version of yourself you would dream to be how much it would differ from the current you?
• Are you confident about your healthcare and support?
• How healthy do you consider your diet?
• Are you taking care of yourself?

Emotions and mental health

• Do you look at life with a positive attitude and outlook?
• Is there a sense of calmness and peacefulness in you?
• Or is there a storm instead?
• When you smile or laugh, is it genuine?
• How well are you dealing with your emotions?
• Do you feel the need to share them with someone and do you have someone to share them with?
• How high do you consider your stress levels in life?

Experiences

• Does your current lifestyle match your personality?
• Do you have hobbies and activities that bring you joy and happiness?
• Do you get to practice them frequently enough?
• How big portion of the day you are doing what you really love and what really inspires and motivates you?

Self-Growth and Development

• How big is your desire to learn and grow?
• How aware are you of the areas you would like to develop?
• Do you get to invest enough time into doing it?
• Is your self-growth systematic and organized or chaotic and sporadic?
• Do you dream and do you follow your dreams?

Spirituality

• How important to you is spirituality?
• How do you define spirituality?
• Do you believe in something bigger or do you believe that all of it is in you?
• How is your relationship with it?
• Do you feel you are spiritually fulfilled?
• Do you feel you can invest enough time into your spirituality?

Becoming aware of every aspect of your life allows you to redefine your goals, focus, and values, and give an honest evaluation of the steps you’ve already taken to determine what’s working for you and what isn’t. Try making it a habit to do this evaluation every month or every other month, every quarter of year or the frequency that feels best to you.