Take a few minutes to complete this evaluation on organization and time management. Answer each question.
1. You are involved with a group of people putting on a party. What would you rather do?
Just attend the party. Be committee chairman. Help the committee chairman with assigned tasks.
2. When you wake up in the morning what do you do?
Get up and have no plan of action for the day. Get up and immediately start the tasks for the day. Get up and think about what you should do.
3. You are going through your closet and find an article of clothing you haven’t worn in several years. What do you do with it?
Leave it in the closet because you never know when you might wear it again. Give it to an organization that helps the needy. Put it in a box downstairs to decide on later.
4. You are taking a college class and have been assigned a term paper that is due in two weeks. What do you do?
Do it the night before it is due. Begin on it immediately. Think about it for a few days and then get started.
5. You are taking care of a group of children in your home for the day. Which would you do?
Allow the children to play anywhere with all the toys. Bring out a few toys at a time, rotating them with new toys. Let them play with all the toys at once in one room.
6. Your car bumper needs a minor repair and the insurance company is paying for it. What do you do?
Get around to it eventually. Fix it immediately. Wait a few days.
7. You are in charge of a camping trip with your family. What best describes your arrival at the campsite?
Arrive late and set-up in the dark, hoping that everything was packed. Set-up camp, prepare dinner, and take a hike. Take a short hike and then set-up camp.
8. What describes you best when you go to a meeting, appointment, or social event?
Late! 5-10 minutes early! On time!
9. The following best describes your grocery shopping habits:
Go to the grocery store as you run out of items. Use a list. Use a partial list.
10. How well do you stay in your budget?
What budget??? You budget household items and function within the budget. You’ve tried several different budgets which seem to work for short periods of time.
11. Unexpected guests arrive at your home. What do you do?
Panic! Consider not answering the door. Happily greet them. Throw a few things in the closet and answer the door.
12. When it is time for bed where do your clothes go?
A pile on the floor with the rest of the weeks clothes. In the laundry room. On a chair to be dealt with later.
13. What do you do when you take laundry out of the dryer?
Put it in a pile on top of the dryer. Fold it and promptly put it away. Fold it and leave it on the dryer.
14. If someone were to look in your car what would they see?
Remains of the last few visits to your favorite fast food restaurant, papers, articles of clothing, etc. Nothing! An empty coke can on the door and a newspaper on the passengers seat.
15. How often is your house cleaned?
Hardly ever! Regularly! When it needs cleaning.
16. You use the hammer to hang a picture on the wall but it is late and you are tired. Where does the hammer go when you are done?
On the counter for a few days. Back in the tool box immediately. On the counter until the next morning.
17. You get the mail from the mailbox. What do you do with it?
Throw it on top of other mail. Sort and act on each piece immediately. Put it on the counter to sort through later.
18. You can not close your junk drawer. How do you solve the problem?
Leave the drawer open. Clean it out and reorganize it. Pull out a few items so it will close.
19. How do you prepare for taxes?
File for an extension on April 15th. Begin collecting data in January for the current years taxes. Scramble for a few weeks but taxes are filed on April 15th.
20. What is your motto?
Put off today what you can also put off tomorrow! File it! Don’t pile it! If you don’t succeed then try, try again!
Count the number of A’s, B’s and C’s and write down how many you had for each letter. (A's are the first checkbox after each question, B's are the second checkbox after each question, and C's are the last checkbox after each question.) Calculate which letter you chose the most to determine how well organized you are. You may have a lot of one letter or you may have an even mixture.
Take for instance if you have 8 B’s and 12 C’s you are very well organized in some areas of your life but need help with other areas.
If you have mostly A’s, you will want to discipline yourself to start applying many of the principles I will outline for you in our manuals. Don’t try to do everything at once. Developing new habitats takes time and patience. Work on a couple ideas at a time until you become proficient. Then implement a couple other ideas until those are proficient. Continue adding ideas and you will see improvement towards organization in your life.
If you have mostly B’s you will enjoy gathering new ideas to organize you time. I scored 20 B’s but I am always looking for new and better ways to organize my time.
If you have mostly C’s look at the areas of organization that you need to improve on. Focus on the areas that need additional organization and take appropriate action.
