Time Blindness Self-Check
Question 1 / 45
I underestimate how long a task will take, even tasks I have done many times before.
I underestimate how long a task will take, even tasks I have done many times before.
I underestimate how long a task will take, even tasks I have done many times before.
When I am absorbed in something, hours can pass without me noticing.
When I am absorbed in something, hours can pass without me noticing.
When I am absorbed in something, hours can pass without me noticing.
I arrive late even when I genuinely tried to be on time.
I arrive late even when I genuinely tried to be on time.
I arrive late even when I genuinely tried to be on time.
A deadline only feels real to me once it is very close; before that it is as if it did not exist.
A deadline only feels real to me once it is very close; before that it is as if it did not exist.
A deadline only feels real to me once it is very close; before that it is as if it did not exist.
Without looking at a clock, I have trouble sensing how much time has passed.
Without looking at a clock, I have trouble sensing how much time has passed.
Without looking at a clock, I have trouble sensing how much time has passed.
When I have an appointment later in the day, I cannot start anything meaningful before it ("waiting mode").
When I have an appointment later in the day, I cannot start anything meaningful before it ("waiting mode").
When I have an appointment later in the day, I cannot start anything meaningful before it ("waiting mode").
I only manage to get things done in a last-minute rush, when the pressure finally kicks in.
I only manage to get things done in a last-minute rush, when the pressure finally kicks in.
I only manage to get things done in a last-minute rush, when the pressure finally kicks in.
My estimate of how long it takes me to get ready and leave the house is wrong, in the same direction, again and again.
My estimate of how long it takes me to get ready and leave the house is wrong, in the same direction, again and again.
My estimate of how long it takes me to get ready and leave the house is wrong, in the same direction, again and again.
I pick up my phone "for a minute" and look up to find that far more time has vanished.
I pick up my phone "for a minute" and look up to find that far more time has vanished.
I pick up my phone "for a minute" and look up to find that far more time has vanished.
Even when I planned to stop an activity at a certain time, I struggle to actually stop when that time comes.
Even when I planned to stop an activity at a certain time, I struggle to actually stop when that time comes.
Even when I planned to stop an activity at a certain time, I struggle to actually stop when that time comes.
I plan more things into a day than could realistically ever fit.
I plan more things into a day than could realistically ever fit.
I plan more things into a day than could realistically ever fit.
I am genuinely surprised when I see what time it is ("how is it already this late?").
I am genuinely surprised when I see what time it is ("how is it already this late?").
I am genuinely surprised when I see what time it is ("how is it already this late?").
Without alarms, timers or reminders, my day falls apart.
Without alarms, timers or reminders, my day falls apart.
Without alarms, timers or reminders, my day falls apart.
Consequences that are weeks away have almost no influence on what I do today.
Consequences that are weeks away have almost no influence on what I do today.
Consequences that are weeks away have almost no influence on what I do today.
My planned bedtime slips later, night after night, without me deciding it.
My planned bedtime slips later, night after night, without me deciding it.
My planned bedtime slips later, night after night, without me deciding it.