Wasting time? Diagnose yourself

How often do you:	Rarely	Frequently	All the time
Spend time on admin (rather than doing the actual work)?	□	□	□
Put off something you want to do for yourself, such as brushing up on a foreign language?	□	□	□
Defer taking a vacation?	□	□	□
Miss activities with friends or family?	□	□	□
Think ruefully about your ever-growing bucket list?	□	□	□
Pick up the slack when someone else drops the ball?	□	□	□
Say yes to tasks you could delegate?	□	□	□
Work more than 40 hours a week?	□	□	□
Reply to emails or take calls outside “normal” business hours?	□	□	□
Work over the weekend?	□	□	□
Skip your lunch break?	□	□	□
Skip exercise you’d intended to do?	□	□	□

How often do you:

Rarely

Frequently

All the time

Spend time on admin (rather than doing the actual work)?

□

Put off something you want to do for yourself, such as brushing up on a foreign language?

□

Defer taking a vacation?

□

Miss activities with friends or family?

□

Think ruefully about your ever-growing bucket list?

□

Pick up the slack when someone else drops the ball?

□

Say yes to tasks you could delegate?

□

Work more than 40 hours a week?

□

Reply to emails or take calls outside “normal” business hours?

□

Work over the weekend?

□

Skip your lunch break?

□

Skip exercise you’d intended to do?

□

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