A life audit is what you do when you feel vaguely stuck and can't tell why. You sit down, rate eight or nine areas of your life on a 1–10 scale, and the bad scores tell you where to focus. It sounds reductive. It works because most people are too generous with the areas that are quietly draining them and too harsh on the areas that are actually fine.
Why this worksheet beats a journaling session
Open-ended journaling is great for processing — bad for prioritising. When everything feels heavy, you'll write 1,500 words and finish unsure what to *do*. A life audit forces a number on every area, and the lowest two or three numbers are your real answer. From there you pick one — not three, one — and the next quarter has a focus.
How it's structured
Nine categories, each with a short prompt list:
- Physical health — sleep, movement, energy, medical
- Mental health — mood, stress, time alone, support
- Work / career — meaning, growth, pay, manager
- Money — income, savings, debt, anxiety
- Relationships — partner, family, friends, depth
- Living environment — home, location, commute, neighbours
- Personal growth — learning, hobbies, creative output
- Fun & recreation — frequency, variety, presence
- Purpose — direction, alignment, "is this it?"
Tick the prompts that *currently feel true* in each section. The fewer ticks, the lower the area scores. Areas with the fewest ticks become your candidates for change.
What to do with the results
Pick one area. One. Most people fail at audits because they pick five and finish zero. For the one area you pick, set a single measurable change for the next 90 days — paired with weekly check-ins. The ADHD task planner makes a clean home for that weekly check-in; the Sunday reset checklist can carry the recurring action.
When to re-run it
Quarterly is enough. More often and you're auditing instead of doing. Less often and you'll drift back into vague stuck-ness without noticing why.