Which Dimension Consumes Your Life? (Quiz)

1. What does your planner look like on an average day?

a) Meetings, conference calls and deadlines as far as the eye can see

b) A party on Saturday and dinner booked every evening this week

c) Date nights on Tuesday and Thursday. Oh yeah and Wednesday. And Friday.

d) Family reunion. And you have to put about six hours of cooking and planning for it

e) A balance of work and hobby related activities

f) Planner? What planner?

2. You have a missed call. Who is it?

a) Your boss

b) Your best friend in crisis

c) Your SO

d) Your mom

e) It really could be anybody

f) You never get phone calls

3. What nonfiction book do you have out from the library?

a) Surrounded by Idiots

b) How to Win Friends and Influence People

c) Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus

d) How to Parent

e) 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

f) You don’t really read

4. What is your worst fear?

a) Getting fired

b) Losing your friends

c) Your SO cheating on you

d) Something happening to one of your children

e) The unknown

f) Can you choose all of the above?

5. If you could have one wish what would it be?

a) A promotion

b) A package trip to the Bahamas for you and three friends

c) A one week honeymoon in Europe for you and your sweetheart

d) Full college tuition for all your kids

e) Emotional stability

f) Early retirement

6. Speaking of vacation, we can find you….

a) Trying to finish up some last minute work for the boss. There is no rest for the weary

b) Clubbing with the girls. Parasols in fruity drinks and micro bikinis

c) Chilling in the hot tub with your honey

d) In the kiddie pool

e) Checking out the local sights

f) Passed out with a major hangover

7. Your favorite app is

a) Does Microsoft Excel count?

b) Instagram

c) Messenger

d) Facebook

e) You don’t really spend a lot of time on your phone

f) Tinder

8. As a kid, you were

a) Driven to perfection

b) Popular with lots of friends

c) Like a bad Taylor Swift song

d) Obsessed with having kids

e) Easygoing and laidback

f) Lazy

9. In college,

a) You set a record for the amount of Red Bull consumed in a semester

b) You were part of Greek life

c) You moved in with your partner….or sexiled your roommate

d) You didn’t go to college. You got married.

e) You enjoyed one of the best times of your life

f) You dropped out one semester in

10. What is on your bedside table?

a) A cup of coffee that has been there for three weeks and the world’s longest to do list

b) Your phone where it is always charging, inches away, as you sleep

c) A framed photo of you and your SO and a bottle of massage oil

d) Something your four year old made at preschool that he calls “Macarooni Man”

e) A book, a journal and a glass of water

f) Expired margarita mix

Mostly As: Workaholic! You know one thing and that is work. Your Type A personality pushes you past what is healthy and what is normal. It goes beyond picking up a few “extra shifts” or doing a “little more” overtime. If you find yourself living on the job no matter what your profession, it’s time to reevaluate your priorities. Stay tuned for more posts to come.

Mostly Bs: Social Butterly! You loved going out the girls (or guys) but sometimes its time to turn off that overactive social engine and take time for your job, your family or your health. Try designating one or two nights a week for going out and the rest of the time conserve your energy….and money.

Mostly Cs: Romeo! You have always been crazy about the opposite sex. From dating a lot to spending all your time to the “love of your life”, you actually don’t have any other life outside your significant other. It all revolves around them. And that’s all very well and good. But what if they move? Or cheat? Or decide they want someone who has their own life. Because someone who is all clingy? Not very sexy.

Mostly Ds Family Man! You might think this is a good thing. And it is. Being a good son/ daughter and being a devoted parent are two of the most important relationships you’ll ever have. But you have to live for yourself, not other people. That doesn’t mean neglecting the needs of those around you. But you have to take care of yourself too to be able to cover those needs. Otherwise you won’t be at your best.

Mostly Es Balancing Act! Look at you having it (mostly) together. You know that health is made up of four components: mind, body, spirit and heart. You do your best to look after yourself and take care of each of the other dimensions in your life in their own way. Go you! Nice job!

Mostly Fs: Totally Adrift! It’s like a walking train wreck. You have no goals, no direction, no ambition, no joy other than the joy you get from baseline pleasures like sex and drinking. If I were you, I’d book some sessions with a therapist to see if I could get a life that is more on par with the one I really wanted.