Life checkup
You don't need to read all 654 tips. Answer 5 questions and get the 10 most worth doing first for you, ranked by the book's own cost–benefit order.
Answer 5 questions on your parents' behalf to find what is most worth doing first for them: elder fraud, safe use of home medicines, screenings, advance guardianship and long-term care insurance.
Answers start on this device. Sign in to save a parents action plan to your account and continue on another device. With analytics enabled, choices contribute to anonymous totals.
What is the life checkup?
The life checkup is a free 5-question self-check. From your age group, how you get around, your home situation, your work and what you most want to improve, it picks the 10 tips from the 772 in the High-Value Guide to Better Living that are most worth doing first for you.
Picks follow the cost and benefit the book records for each tip: little money, little time, little willpower and a large benefit come first. It takes at most two tips per topic and skips anything you have already done.
Three minutes from 772 tips to your 10
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Answer 5 questions
All multiple choice, most allow several answers, and nothing personal is asked.
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See your top 10
Each tip has a one-line summary and a link to the full text. Mark it done or add it to your to-dos right there.
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Add them all in one tap
They go into My list, where you can track progress or export them to your calendar, one a week.
Life checkup FAQ
Do I need an account or to pay?
No. The checkup, the results and adding to-dos all work without signing in, and your list is stored in this browser. Sign in to sync it across devices.
Are my answers uploaded?
No. They stay in this browser so your last result can be shown next time. Shared links do not include your answers either.
How is the result worked out?
Each answer raises the weight of related topics. Tips are then scored using the benefit, money, time and willpower the book records, plus the book's own order within each topic. It is a transparent rule, not personalized medical, legal or financial advice.
Why do some tips not fit me?
Five questions cannot cover every situation. Skip what does not fit, or keep browsing the book by topic and evidence grade.
How often should I take it?
Retake it when your life changes: a new job, a move, a new baby. Tips you have done are skipped, so you get the next batch worth doing.