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TEST: Does mess work for you?

TEST: Does mess work for you?

1. Which statement best describes your work area?
A fairly neat desk, but drawers and all storage spaces are bursting with unsorted papers and objects.
Immaculate. Not a loose paper or stray pen in sight.
Various relatively neat piles, in which I could locate most items in a few minutes.
Pristine work area, and the same for others around me, because I prefer it that way.
A giant mound of papers and other objects in which I can’t locate items, no clear desk workspace, bits of spoiled food, a cluttered floor.
2. What’s your approach to scheduling your day?
I always keep a paper or electronic diary with me, but I usually end up ignoring it, and can miss appointments and deadlines.
I don’t do much formal scheduling, but I somehow manage to make important deadlines and appointments.
I plan my day down to the half hour or less, and never miss an appointment.
I rarely think about my schedule and often miss meetings and deadlines.
I strive never to vary from my schedule, and I can’t stand it if people are late.
3. What do your garage, loft or cupboards look like?
I like to show visitors how neat and highly organised these spaces are.
Packed with piles of stuff, so it’s tricky finding anything. Excess items spill into other living areas.
Contain a fair amount of stuff in piles, but I can get to most of it easily, and there’s room for more.
Packed with heaps and piles, but nothing ever spills out into other areas.
All well-organised and labelled in boxes, on shelves and in cabinets.
4. To what extent do you try to plan your life for the coming five years?
I’ve never thought about it.
I have a definite plan, but I think there’s little chance things will work out that way.
I have a rough idea of some of the things I’d like to see happen over that time period, but I expect there will be plenty of surprises along the way.
I have my life carefully planned out, and am very uncomfortable having ties to anyone who doesn’t.
I have strong expectations of how the next five years of my life will play out.
5. What’s your attitude toward getting rid of things?
I am diligent about getting rid of any items for which I don’t have a clear need.
I eventually get rid of most items that I clearly have no use for, but I do hang on to a lot of things of uncertain usefulness.
I rarely get rid of anything.
I’m a rigorous purger, and often argue with others at home and in the workplace about the need for them to throw away more.
I’ve bought boxes so I can be organised about separating out the items I don’t need, but I rarely end up using them.
6. What do the living areas of your home look like?
They are often somewhat cluttered, but not to the point where it interferes with using and enjoying the spaces.
My areas and the common areas are pristinely sparse, although not everyone who lives with me is as neat.
They are pristine, and I won’t put up with anything less from those who live with me. Other people’s cluttered homes fill me with dismay.
They are cluttered to the point that it’s hard to make my way through some of them.
They are fairly neat, though a lot of clutter is jammed away just out of sight behind furniture and in drawers.
7. Which best sums up your work style?
I have a prominent visual system for prioritising tasks, but I often ignore it.
I need to focus on one task, shutting out all other tasks until it’s completed.
I often lose track of tasks as I jump between them.
I mostly jump from task to task, but I focus on the important ones.
I focus on one task, and point out to others that they can’t get their job done if they don’t do the same.
8. What works best for you when you need to be creative for a project or problem-solving?
I try to convince others that success comes from good work habits, not from inspiration.
I hope inspiration comes.
I get ideas from surprising sources of inspiration, but I wouldn’t admit it to others.
I work through things in a logical, step-by-step fashion.
I try to look at and think about a variety of unrelated things to stimulate ideas.

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