Where are you? Find your real position

Eight anchor questions place you in one of 100 cells (10 life stages × 10 domains) so you can read that cell's judgement criteria instead of guessing.

The eight anchors

1. What is your age band, in completed years?
   Age band fixes the stage row, since each of the 10 stages covers a defined year range.
2. How many years since your last major role change?
   Time since the last role change separates adjacent stages that share an age band.
3. Which domain takes most of your weekly hours?
   Weekly hour share identifies the domain column, because one domain usually holds over 40% of waking hours.
4. What is your current legal or formal status in that domain?
   Formal status (employed, enrolled, licensed, retired) pins the stage within the row.
5. How many people depend on your income or care?
   Dependent count shifts the stage when you sit between two bands.
6. What is your housing or base arrangement right now?
   Housing arrangement is a stable marker that resolves ties between neighbouring cells.
7. How many hours per week go to unpaid obligations?
   Unpaid hours above 20 per week move the domain column toward care and household cells.
8. What is your next fixed deadline within 12 months?
   A dated deadline confirms the stage, because each stage has characteristic deadlines.

How they combine

The first four anchors set the stage row and the domain column; the last four break ties when two cells both fit. Answer all eight and the combination resolves to exactly one of the 100 cells.

A worked example

The map is a starting point; the judgement criteria for your cell, not this page, decide what counts as on track.