How Productive Are You? Quiz

I have one list at home and one list at work, but I rarely pay attention to them because they're too overwhelming.

I use a combination of a written to-do list and an electronic task list that's linked to my computerized calendar.

Sometimes I scribble something on a piece of scrap paper, but I'm not a real 'to-do list kind of person.

I keep an ongoing to-do list in a designated notebook. I re-copy my list every day.

Once in a while, I will take a bit of time off to do something fun, but I always feel like there's something else I should be doing.

I don't remember. I'm always too swamped to do stuff like that.

Once in a while, I'll take time off from work and daily tasks, but something always backfires. I feel like I can't relax without something going wrong.

I'll take time to hang out with my kids, but I always have my Blackberry with me.

I have an alert that tells me when I receive an email, so I check my email every time there's a new message.

I check my inbox three times at my designated 'email checking' times.

I check back and forth about once an hour, but I try to resist being pulled into responding to emails until I have a set block of time to work on email.

Every two minutes.

Reactive

Hectic

Flowing

Organized

I write my idea down on a piece of paper, but it usually ends up being shredded in the dryer.

I write it down and store it in a folder labeled 'ideas' that I check every month or so.

I think about the idea for a bit, but then I forget all about it.

I write my idea in a notebook, but it usually just sits there.

Yes and no. I think I could use a bit more time to focus on the things that are important to me, but who couldn't?

Definitely

I don't know

I don't know what a purpose-led life looks like.