Draw your life pie.

Activities in Journey towards home support our own journey to connect with ourselves. These activities can be done at any time, in any order, and they are sure to help. If you are looking to do it more systematically, check out our available courses.

This activity is referenced from Julia Cameron’s book and course “Artist’s way”.

Here are the simple steps to follow :

- Draw a circle.

- Divide it into six pieces of pie.

- Label each piece with labels below :

Health : How fulfilling do you feel in terms of your overall health? Physically, do you feel your body is fit? Mentally and emotionally - do you feel that you are able to manage and navigate through your emotions and feel peaceful with your emotions most of the time?

Work : How do you feel about going to work? Do you feel you are at a stage in your career where you’d like to be at this time in your life? Does your job /business gives you a sense of pride?

Spirituality : This is your inner journey. It doesn’t specifically have to do with any religion or traditions, but if that works for you - no problem. Spirituality is about finding purpose in your life, having that inner connection with self. How okay you are with the world? How do you see your place in the world? Does it worry you or does it calm you? Spirituality can mean different things for different people, and that is okay.

Friends and family : How would you rate your fulfillment from friends and family and overall relationships in your life? Do you think you have enough relationships where you can be yourself without being judged or criticized?

Play: This one is the most tricky one. Do you have anything in your life which doesn’t have an ROI relationship? Like something you do not for money, not for career advancement or showing off on social media? Something that you do just for fun - for the joy of simply doing them. How often do you do it?

Adventure : Now when I say adventure, it doesn’t mean jumping off a plane or scuba diving , of course those are good adventures too! How much do you live things to chance? Like trying out new restaurant or driving to that new place your friend was talking about - anything that is new, allows the experience of it to go good or bad. How often do you allow yourself a thrill of an adventure?

-Place a dot in each slice at the degree to which you are fulfilled in that area (outer rim indicates great; inner circle, not so great). Connect the dots. This will show you where you are lopsided.

-Your life pie would serve you as a guide to work on different areas of your life, if one area is lopsided, indulge in activities that will help you feel more fulfilling in that area.

Ideally, draw your life pie every three months to evaluate, where you are - what are the areas you feel great about, what are the areas that needs a bit of attention; it is unlikely that your life pie will be a big circle anytime soon, or if it would stay like that for long - but starting to be aware of it will help you balance your life!