How do you approach the future?

Your first day at a new job, you pack up to leave at the end of the day. Your new boss looks up and says, ‘Leaving early?’ You think:

All questions are required

What a cow
Better get back to it
What have I let myself in for?
I understood the working hours to be 9am to 5.30pm

You get lost on your way to a dinner party. You think:

All questions are required

What lousy directions
I’ll find it sooner or later
I’m useless with maps
Let’s look closer at the directions

Your children act up and you lose your temper. You think:

All questions are required

These kids are driving me crazy today
I’m sure it’s just a phase
I’m a terrible mother
How can I better deal with this?

You get a warning at your performance review. You think:

All questions are required

My bosses must have it in for me
Better luck next time
I’m incompetent
So what can I do about this?

You find a lump. Your immediate thought is:

All questions are required

It’s bound to be cancer
I’m sure it’s nothing
I should have taken better care of myself
I better get this looked at

You discover you have gained weight over the holidays. You think:

All questions are required

It was all the fattening food I had to eat
I’ll lose it later
I have no self-control
Better join the gym

After an argument, your partner storms out of the house. You think:

All questions are required

What a jerk
He’/She'll come around
I’ve driven him/her away
What could be at the bottom of this?

The quote from the builders is much higher than you expected. You think:

All questions are required

They’re just trying it on
The cost of living these days…
I must look like a sucker
Is this negotiable?

Your best friend’s new boyfriend clearly doesn’t like you. You think:

All questions are required

He finds me threatening
It will improve when he gets to know me
I always make a terrible impression
We’re going to need to work at it

The resolution you made last January:

All questions are required

Didn’t stand a chance
Was more of a token gesture
… I blew it, typically
Is this year’s reality

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Personality Test

Your first day at a new job, you pack up to leave at the end of the day. Your new boss looks up and says, ‘Leaving early?’ You think:

You get lost on your way to a dinner party. You think:

Your children act up and you lose your temper. You think:

You get a warning at your performance review. You think:

You find a lump. Your immediate thought is:

You discover you have gained weight over the holidays. You think:

After an argument, your partner storms out of the house. You think:

The quote from the builders is much higher than you expected. You think:

Your best friend’s new boyfriend clearly doesn’t like you. You think:

The resolution you made last January: