<p>So I’m doing my IB German Interactive Oral on Work Addictions, and I just found this test. Are YOU a Workaholic? Be honest!</p>
<p>Score: 1 = never true; 2 = sometimes true; 3 = often true; 4 = always true. Total up your score, then look at the scale below. </p>
<li><p>I prefer to do things myself rather than ask for help </p></li>
<li><p>I get very impatient when I have to wait for other people, or am in slow moving queues </p></li>
<li><p>I seem to be in a hurry and racing against the clock </p></li>
<li><p>I get irritated when I am interrupted while I am in the middle of something </p></li>
<li><p>I stay busy and keep many ‘irons in the fire’ </p></li>
<li><p>I find myself doing two or three things at once, such as eating and writing a memo </p></li>
<li><p>I over commit myself by biting off more than I can chew </p></li>
<li><p>I feel guilty when I am not working on something </p></li>
<li><p>It is important that I see the concrete results of what I do </p></li>
<li><p>I am more interested in the final results of my work than in the process </p></li>
<li><p>Things just never seem to move fast enough or get done fast enough for me </p></li>
<li><p>I lose my temper when things don’t go my way or work out to suit me </p></li>
<li><p>I ask the same question, without realizing it after I have already been given the answer </p></li>
<li><p>I spend a lot of time planning and thinking about future events, forgetting the here and now </p></li>
<li><p>I find myself continuing to work after my co-workers have finished </p></li>
<li><p>I get angry when people do not meet my standards of perfection </p></li>
<li><p>I get upset when I am in situations where I can not be in control </p></li>
<li><p>I tend to put myself under pressure with self imposed deadlines </p></li>
<li><p>It is hard for me to relax when I am not working </p></li>
<li><p>I spend more time working than on socialising, hobbies or leisure activities </p></li>
<li><p>I dive into projects to get a head start before all the phases have been finalised </p></li>
<li><p>I get upset with myself for making even the smallest mistake </p></li>
<li><p>I put more thought, time and energy into my work than relationships with other people </p></li>
<li><p>I forget, ignore, minimise family celebrations such as birthdays or holidays for example </p></li>
<li><p>I make important decisions before I have all the facts and have thought them through </p></li>
</ol>
<p>Now add your points up.</p>
<p>25 - 49 = You are not overdoing it
50 - 69 = You are mildly overdoing it
70 - 100 = You are highly overdoing it</p>
<p>haha. you were higher than me. but i lied a little. some of the 3's really should be 4's but shush. don't tell anyone. i am not a control freak or perfectionist. really i'm not. and i only have a slight ocd when it comes to walking. i don't like cracks. and i try to control everything. but theres nothing wrong with that at all. haha</p>
<p>I'm an INFP according to Myers-Briggs. That is the most perfectionist/introspective/work-aholic personality type. It's not so much that I'm a workaholic, I just can't seem to know when to slow down, for instance, I feel guilty relaxing and often try to combine my relaxing with reading or some other productive activity (CC counts as productive, btw :P)</p>
<p>Yeah I'm definately not a workaholic. I only put effort into things I care about. For example, I read all the time outside of school requirements (literary books!) but haven't dont any of my statistics homework in probably three months. I might have a C in the class, but not having the burden of busywork is worth it to me.</p>
<p>greenday i dont think thats what the question meanss.</p>
<p>i think its more along the lines of asking whether you don't trust any one else doing your work. for example, if you had all the trascripts and reccs, etc, would you rather organize and send in your own college app packets or let your college counselor? ;) not so much an understanding question.</p>
<p>I would rather my college counselor do it. And at my school, that's how it is. They don't allow students to send in their own transcripts.</p>
<p>Also I do agree with greenday that it is a "don't know how to do something" question. Like the old lost and could use directions, do you ask or not thing? If you answered 1 or 2, yes you do ask, 3 or 4, no you don't. Same applies to anything else.</p>