Quiz - Work-life balance

Work-life-balance can be hard to achieve. Often, we may not even notice that our lives are out of balance and that we're not splitting our time between our priorities as we'd like to. Do the quiz below to gauge if you have the right balance for you.

1. My friends would describe me as:

Fun-loving and easy-going
Someone who takes my work a little too seriously
Friends? Between work, family and Facebook, I don’t have time for real friends!

2. I take sick leave:

Rarely
Quite a bit – that’s what it’s there for
Often work keeps me awake and I just need to stay in bed to catch up on my sleep

3. The kids want to go camping in the school holidays so I:

Book my leave in advance and plan my workload around this
Refuse because I hate camping, but take a day off to go surfing with them instead
Tell them my laptop battery would run out, and give them some money for the movies

4. The dog needs walking:

It’s part of my routine so I have been looking forward to it all day
Hey, can someone walk the dog!
Didn’t we get rid of that dog last year?

5. When I wake up:

I feel positive about the day
OK, another day, let’s just get on with it
I can barely wake up, I was up all night working on that spreadsheet!

6. I make mistakes at work:

Rarely – but when I do, I find solutions
Quite a bit, but hey, we all make mistakes
I never make mistakes, it’s always someone else’s fault

7. My partner and I set aside time for each other:

Daily
When I can fit it in
What partner?

8. Rush hour traffic – a standstill again:

Great – I can sit back and plan my day
Beam me up Scottie
Don’t mess with me, buddy

9. I’ve missed my daughter’s birthday party:

Never
Once, but I emailed her
Family birthdays are so overrated

10. It’s 2 o’clock in the morning. I am:

Snoring
Still up, checking to see who's written what on my Facebook wall
Sitting up in bed, working on that spreadsheet

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Quiz – Work-life balance