When to use it
Use it for a year-end personal review, before setting goals for the new year, or as a quarterly check-in with yourself. Rate six areas of life, and the dents in the shape show where next year's attention is best spent.
Make it yours
- Swap the areas for ones you care about, such as "Partner" in place of "Leisure". Eight areas also work, but keep labels to one short word or they are cut off at the edges.
- Rate by instinct from 1 to 10; the comparison with your own last year is what matters.
- Afterward, pick the one or two lowest areas and write one concrete action for each.
- The count of numbers in braces must equal the number of areas.
Mermaid code
radar-beta
title Wheel of life
axis a["Career"], b["Finances"], c["Health"], d["Family"], e["Learning"], f["Leisure"]
curve last["Last year"]{6, 5, 4, 7, 5, 3}
curve now["This year"]{7, 6, 6, 7, 7, 5}
max 10
min 0Ask an AI for one with this structure
Send the prompt below to ChatGPT or Claude, then paste the whole reply into the editor; the code inside is detected automatically.
Draw a wheel of life radar chart with Mermaid radar-beta syntax. The title is Wheel of life, and the axes are Career, Finances, Health, Family, Learning and Leisure. Add two curves, Last year and This year, each with six scores from 0 to 10, plus max 10 and min 0. Output only the mermaid code block.
FAQ
- The ratings are subjective. Is that useful?
Yes. The chart is not for comparing yourself with others; it shows how your areas stand relative to each other and how they changed over a year.
- Can I do this every quarter?
Yes. Add a curve each time, or keep only the latest two so the change stands out.
- Is there a written version of a year in review?
Yes. Use this chart to choose a direction, then outline with the year in review mind map in the library.
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Updated 2026-11-11