01 · the languagewhat is quality of life
Quality of life is how your life actually goes. Not what you possess or achieve – whether the days work or not. The good news: it’s more in your hands than it feels.
To improve something though, you have to see it. So I split quality of life into parts you can actually look at: home, money, work, health, people, place, time, nature, safety, and eight more. Once you can name it, you can do something about it.
I call them the 17 Living Goals
create (y)our ideal world
You need a dot on the horizon — something to aim at. Something to work on, or dream about. Your ideal world is that dot.
Then the reason you want to start this. Maybe something’s missing and the unease is worth investigating. Maybe you’re fine and want more purpose. Either one gets you exploring. Woth getting specific about what it is.
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 city
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. That’s what the Ideal World Compass is for. It’s a free online tool that reads your life across the 17 Living Goals.
You receive a personalised canvas: where you are, the ideal world you’re after, and the three or four actions that take you there.
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
