How do you structure your time?

When it comes to your diary you tend to:

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Scribble all over it, but you can’t work out what you are supposed to be doing
Stick more Post-Its on the pages than there is room for
Make a note of all the things you mustn’t forget
Leave it blank, at the bottom of your desk drawer

It’ll be the weekend soon and you:

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Have got friends coming over on Saturday night, but the rest you will leave to chance
Have a thousand and one things to do
Are already excited about all the outings you’ve got planned
Do whatever turns up

It’s already 7pm but your boss has asked for a meeting. You:

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Suppose that the sooner you get started the sooner you will be able to leave
Know it’s all just part of being a dynamic manager
Are angry with her for making you change your plans
Have no choice; she’s the boss

Time passing for you is:

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A road that helps us move forward
Something you try to ignore
A series of events that follow on, one after the other
A concept of more interest to philosophers

You arrive at a party. When people greet you, they say:

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You’re looking well
Could we find five minutes to talk this evening?
So, you managed to get away?
Late, as ever!

On your last holiday what were you likely to be doing at 10 in the morning?

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Enjoying breakfast al fresco
Still dancing at an after party
Preparing the midday meal
Having a lie-in

You’re shopping and there are two beautiful tops you can’t choose between. You:

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Buy one of them and think about getting the other one another day
Buy both; never mind the expense
Buy neither of them
Spend hours trying to decide which to buy

You have just finished a meal in a restaurant. You:

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Suggest going for a quick drink in the pub next door
Join friends for a wild night out
Decide to go home so you’re not too tired tomorrow
Wait and see whether the people you are with suggest doing anything afterwards

What’s in your fridge/freezer?

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Enough for dinner for the next few days
A stock of microwavable ready meals
One shelf of dairy, another of fruit and vegetables and a compartment for meat
Hardly anything but the odd leftover sandwich and some yoghurts

Your partner has suggested a holiday in France in two weeks’ time. You:

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Are looking forward to it – it’ll be good to get away
Will make the most of it by stopping off to see friends in Paris
Plan your trip in advance
Let your partner plan it all

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Personality Test

When it comes to your diary you tend to:

It’ll be the weekend soon and you:

It’s already 7pm but your boss has asked for a meeting. You:

Time passing for you is:

You arrive at a party. When people greet you, they say:

On your last holiday what were you likely to be doing at 10 in the morning?

You’re shopping and there are two beautiful tops you can’t choose between. You:

You have just finished a meal in a restaurant. You:

What’s in your fridge/freezer?

Your partner has suggested a holiday in France in two weeks’ time. You: