Keeping a Monthly Scoresheet Update
Oops! Slightly more than a month ago I talked about how keeping a monthly scoresheet for the individual areas of your life was a very useful technique I picked up from Steve Pavlina to accelerate your personal growth because it helps you:
1) Know which areas you need to focus on
2) Recognize your own growth (big points for your self-esteem)
Back then I posted a coach’s challenge for you to do the same and check in with you a month later to see how you’ve done. Sorry, I’m a few days late 
If you joined in, have you already done your re-score for this month? How did you do?
Once more, the categories I used are:
1) Mental
How healthy and fit your intellectual state of mind is; i.e. did you learn a new skill, read a new book, learnt something that expanded your model of the world?
2) Physical
How healthy and fit are you physically? Have you been exercising, eating right and resting well?
3) Emotional
How often and strongly have you been feeling positive emotional states versus negative ones?
4) Social
How have your relationships with close ones, family and friends been? Tip: they’re either getting better or they’re stagnating.
5) Financial
How about your financial health? Have you been financially happy this past month? Or has it been more tight than you’d like?
6) Spiritual
If you’re religious, how strong has your connection been with God lately? If you’re not, how often are you feeling that your everyday activities are filled with meaning, and that you’re doing things on purpose?
The previous month was:
1) Mental = 7
2) Physical = 5
3) Emotional = 5
4) Social = 6
5) Financial = 5
6) Spiritual = 6
Last month I was:
1) Mental = 8
2) Physical = 5
3) Emotional = 7
4) Social = 7
5) Financial = 4
6) Spiritual = 6
This month I’m be:
1) Mental = 8
2) Physical = 5
3) Emotional = 8
4) Social = 8
5) Financial = 7
6) Spiritual = 7
Cool! This is an amazing tool because I can start to see the patterns in my life emerging.
My mental areas stayed up because I’m always learning something new and exercising my mind. But my physical has consistently been down and that’s a big red light that’s saying something needs to be done! My emotional and social hits have been getting higher, mainly because of my new girlfriend who’s definitely having a positive effect in my life 
Emotionally and spiritually I’ve been feeling better because my financial health has been improving as well, so it’s pretty obvious how a jump in one area can help boost another.
I’m curious, how did you do? And would you like another challenge to score yourself today and update it a month later?
I really enjoyed this post. It’s easy to forget how powerful our physical reactions are! I like your approach here. Especially reminding the reader that we are not always ready for change — though we think we are! I agree that the real failure is letting fear stop us. Thanks for posting this!
Hi Julie,
Thank you for your kind words. I am glad it was helpful! “Coping with Stress” is a part of a series of articles on Stress that I have written, hopefully Life Coaches Blog will be posting the rest. So keep in touch!
Kindest regards,
Karen
This is a great article. I especially like the list of symptoms… some of which a lot of people may not recognize as a sign of stress.
It’s also important to continue with your stress managment activities even when there are no signs or symptoms of stress. Doing this will help you become stressed less often and ward off stress before it even begins.
Hi Jill,
Absolutely, it should be a way of life! Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts.
Kindest regards,
Karen
Hi,
Great site!!!!! Good health is very important with the high cost of medical coverage. We need to have a healther lifestyle by taking care of our health eating and exercising. I am a cancer survivor and I know. Our health is our greatest asset. Keep up the Good Work!!!!!
The physical body does not differentiate between happy stress and overwhelm. Stress is stress. We need to develop coping mechanisms in our daily life to avoid the harmful, physiological effects of stress.