Free quiz 8 questions About 2 min

How Do You Lose Track of Time?

Hours vanish, journeys take longer, deadlines sneak up. Find your pattern.

Time blindness shows up in different ways. Eight quick questions about how time slips away from you, and three things to try for your pattern.

For reflection, not diagnosis. Only a qualified clinician can diagnose ADHD.

Question 1 of 8

You sit down to do "one quick thing". What happens?

Three hours vanish and I've missed lunch. It takes three times longer than I planned. I spend ages getting ready to start. Later, I remember what I should have done instead.

Question 2 of 8

How do you usually end up late?

I thought the journey would take less time. Getting out of the door takes forever. I forgot it was today. I was absorbed in something and didn't notice the time.

Question 3 of 8

A deadline next month feels…

Fine, but I keep not getting round to starting. Not real yet. Next month is a long way off. Fine, until I get absorbed in something else. Like plenty of time. I'll easily fit it in.

Question 4 of 8

Your calendar is…

Something I forget to look at. Forgotten once I'm in the zone. Packed back to back, with no gaps. Full of things I'm ten minutes late for.

Question 5 of 8

Which would help you most?

An alarm that pulls me out of what I'm doing. Seeing how long things actually took last time. A set routine for leaving the house. A countdown to the deadline I can see every day.

Question 6 of 8

When you finish something, it's often…

Later than I promised. After a slow, faffy start. The night before it's due. Long after I should have stopped.

Question 7 of 8

Friends would say you…

Are always "just leaving". Live in the moment, sometimes a bit too much. Disappear into projects. Always say "five minutes".

Question 8 of 8

Time feels like…

There's now, and there's not now. It speeds up when I'm interested. Something I'm sure I have more of. It leaks away between things.

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