Subscribe to the 2W2aB feedProcrastination gets in the way of our best laid plans (and breakthroughs). Bert, over at Open Loops, points us to a quiz on the Psychology Today website we can take to see how bad our procrastination is.
I scored a 37 out off 100, which they say is pretty good. I am shocked because I regard myself as struggling with procrastination. The basic quiz score is free.
Check it out and report back with your scores.
I got a 35 and I am a terrible procrastinator! I wonder about the accuracy of this test.
The only times I don't procrastinate is when it's a) easy and fun (like this) or b)life & death (and taxes).
Posted by: A shy procrastinator | August 09, 2005 at 09:58 AM
Hmmm...I wonder if we think we are procastinating more than we are? Perhaps in the procastination scheme of things, we are quite proactive! Maybe everyone procrastinates and we are lesser procrastinators! I like the sound of that.
Posted by: Lisa Haneberg | August 09, 2005 at 10:02 AM
I started to take the quiz... then felt like I didn't have the time. I'm a fairly decent procrastinator - although that rarely means I'm sitting around doing nothing on my priority list.
I wonder what score I get for not finishing...
Posted by: mark waltz | August 12, 2005 at 12:04 AM
Mark:
Hmmm...great question - does that make you more or less a procrastinator? I guess it depends on your focus.
Posted by: Lisa Haneberg | August 12, 2005 at 12:08 AM
31. The test wasn't at all what I thought it would be. Neither good nor bad. Just different.
Posted by: Zane Safrit | August 15, 2005 at 01:21 PM
Another non-procrastinator!
Posted by: Lisa Haneberg | August 15, 2005 at 09:14 PM
I went there, but couldn't bring myself to start. What does that say about me? ;-)
Posted by: Curt Rosengren | August 24, 2005 at 04:25 PM
Hmmmm...that might be worthy of another Psychology Today article, Curt!
Posted by: Lisa Haneberg | August 24, 2005 at 09:01 PM
Damn, 34, I though I procrastinate rather often. Seems like I'm not that bad. But I think it's kinda low, I'm wondering the profile of people with high score.
Posted by: Thomas BRESSE | August 27, 2005 at 04:54 AM
Hmmm...I am beginning to wonder about this survey since several of us did not do too bad but think we procrastinate a lot. Maybe it is a reverse psychology trick and they give people low scores in hopes that people will actually procrastinate less. If reality is socially constructed, then if we think we do not procrastiante, maybe we won't.
Posted by: Lisa Haneberg | August 27, 2005 at 09:22 AM
I got a 26. I didn't even want to take the test anymore because some of the questions were so long I got bored. I procrastinate with school work more often than I'd like.
Posted by: Chantal | November 17, 2005 at 12:21 AM