Building A Lifestyle Portfolio

In this blog, we will explore how you can consider investing in your lifestyle in the same way you already invest, record, and measure specific aspects of your life. By treating your lifestyle as an investment, much like you manage your financial and professional portfolios, you can enrich every aspect of your existence.

Understanding Your Financial and Professional Portfolios

You will likely have a financial portfolio, a collection of assets that may include cash, bonds, shares, currencies, and commodities. Whether it's a quick glance at your bank balance or hours spent managing stocks, your financial portfolio guides your choices and reflects your value to others. After all, even banks want to see evidence of your financial savvy before lending you capital.

Likewise, there's your professional portfolio, showcasing your skills, qualifications, and successes. It's your go-to when seeking new opportunities or showcasing your expertise.

Introducing the Lifestyle Portfolio

But what about a portfolio that reflects your life as a whole? One that encompasses all aspects of your life and supports your financial and professional endeavours? This is your sustainable lifestyle portfolio.

This portfolio is where you document your investments in key areas that enrich your life and support your overall well-being. Let's explore some essential components:

Social Connections: Who are you spending time with? What relationships are you nurturing?

Personal Development: What are you learning or practising to enhance yourself?

Spiritual Life: How do you connect with yourself and the world around you?

Mental Health and Fitness: What habits are you cultivating to maintain mental sharpness and emotional well-being?

Physical Health and Fitness: How do you care for your body through movement and nourishment?

Contribution: What positive impact are you making in your community or the world?

The Benefits of a Lifestyle Portfolio

By actively measuring and investing in these areas, you create a holistic reflection of yourself. This portfolio becomes your compass, guiding you towards intentional living and providing answers during challenging times.

For instance, if you're feeling adrift, a quick review of your lifestyle portfolio might reveal a lack of meaningful connections or exercise. Armed with this insight, you can take targeted action to address the issue, drawing on past successes for inspiration.

And here's the beauty: your lifestyle portfolio isn't static. It evolves as you do, showcasing your growth, talents, and interests. So, when you are navigating a career change or seeking personal fulfilment, your lifestyle portfolio serves as a roadmap, highlighting your skills and experiences that can shape your journey.

Creating Your Lifestyle Portfolio

You can create it in any medium that suits you—on paper, a spreadsheet, a mood board, a mind map, a journal, or other formats. Whatever works for you. Another option would be to create a shared lifestyle portfolio that you and a life partner or family use to direct your choices together and create accountability for each other too.

Embrace the Journey

Investing in your lifestyle isn't just about living—it's about thriving. So, let's start building a portfolio that enriches every aspect of our lives. After all, the best investment we can make is in ourselves.

How I Can Help

As a health and performance strategist, my work involves assisting people in assessing their lives as described above. I help them gain answers to issues and direct their energy towards resolving them effectively, with insights into their biological design and unconscious programming. It is truly rewarding to see people thrive just by aligning aspects of who they are with their life goals.

Let's embark on this journey together and create a lifestyle portfolio that supports your journey to a more fulfilling and balanced life.