Are you open to new experiences?

You have a long weekend free at short notice. You:

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Lose yourself in great plans to change your life
Visit a country house or arboretum
Go for long, contemplative walks
Hire a microlite
Talk about ideas over a long lunch with a friend
Sign up for a holistic retreat

Your friends would describe you as:

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Whimsical
Arty
Excited
Active
Interesting company
Rebellious

The worst thing about your job is:

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There’s no potential to use your imagination
The office is ugly and in a dismal part of town
Your colleagues are uninspired
The unchanging routine
You find the work dull
All the pointless rules and regulations

Your colleagues would say that you:

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Come up with ingenious solutions to difficult problems
Make your working space beautiful
Aren’t afraid to show how you feel
Leap at every opportunity to travel
Get philosophical during meetings
Don’t take any flak from your boss

Your favourite people:

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Are daydreamers
Show you beautiful pictures or buildings, take you to concerts
Love talking about emotional issues any time of day or night
Introduce you to new ideas
Never tire of analysing everything
Want to change the world

Your house needs redecorating. You:

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Get an architect to draw up plans for an extension
Figure out how to make the rooms lighter
Rush about deciding how you’ll change everything
Scour the souks of Marrakesh to find the perfect objects
Buy the best books and magazines on interior decoration
Strip everything out and then think about what to do next

Growing up you were always described as:

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Away with the fairies
At one with nature
Sensitive
Dare devil
Bookish
Contrary

You are comfortable:

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Alone with few distractions
In nature
Feeling intensely
In new situations
Constructing an argument
Re-examining your values

On a Sunday afternoon with your partner you are more likely to:

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Go off on your own for a walk
Visit an art gallery together
Talk about your relationship, even if they don’t want to
Go somewhere new
Analyse the obscure Iranian film you saw last night
Discuss politics

You are least likely to be described as:

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Unimaginative
Blinkered
Stoic
Boring
Overwhelmed
Conservative

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Personality Test

You have a long weekend free at short notice. You:

Your friends would describe you as:

The worst thing about your job is:

Your colleagues would say that you:

Your favourite people:

Your house needs redecorating. You:

Growing up you were always described as:

You are comfortable:

On a Sunday afternoon with your partner you are more likely to:

You are least likely to be described as: