01 · the languagewhat is quality of life
Quality of life is how your life actually goes. Not what you possess, earn or what you’ve achieved – whether the days work or not.
That sounds too vague to do anything with. So I broke it into seventeen parts like: home, money, work, health, people, place, time, nature, safety and eight more. Parts you can measure, and when something’s off, you can name which.
I call them the 17 Living Goals.
create (y)our ideal world
Most goals are someone else’s: more money, more growth, more status. Worth asking what you’d choose instead.
beyond consumerism
→ a meaningful life
Enough instead of more, time that’s truly yours, an ordinary day you’d choose again.
beyond profit
→ work worth doing
Work that fits your life and adds something real. Where the days ask the best of you without taking everything, and profit follows the work instead of driving it.
beyond GDP
→ a living society
Somewhere good to be alive, where the cost of living leaves room to live, and a street where people know each other.
Which one would you look at first?
know where you stand
You can’t improve what you haven’t measured. With this purpose the Ideal World Compass was created.
The compass is an online tool that gives you insight along the 17 Living Goals. In the context you choose: your personal life, work, or your city. See where you’re strong, where you’re thin, where to focus next, to reach your ideal world.
Free, no sign-up.
Hi, my name is Hans van de Rakt
I believe quality of life is the new success. My work is helping people see where they actually stand, and giving them a direction worth walking.
I run the Quality of Life tour, city by city – coffee talks with locals about how life actually feels. Passing through, or fancy a chat? → contact me
Peace, Love and Happiness
