What's your attitude to life?

Internet is full of all kinds of tests – the more you look for them the more you find them. Today, when I was browsing online, I happened to bump into the following test. I usually don’t even really feel like sharing the results even I ended up taking the tests because the questions are mostly more or less superficial and once the test has been taken it’s been completed. But this one was really nice, so I decided not just to leave it.

The link to the test is: https://psychologies.co.uk/tests/whats-your-attitude-to-life.html

The About Us part of the site says of the page: “Grown up, intelligent and intimate, Psychologies is the only women’s magazine that seeks to enrich your emotional life. It focuses on helping you understand yourself and the world around you, by gathering the latest, most compelling thinking and translating it into personally relevant insight and guidance.” I’m going to have a closer look on that site, as it seems rather interesting.

As I decided to share, I decided to do it thoroughly. So, instead of just sharing the results I got, I decided to share it all – the questions and what I answered. Plus, as this is a blog entry about the topic, I also thought about analyzing what I think about the questions and the answer options and why I picked what I did.

 

Question 1/12:

What gets you up in the morning?

1) Something you’ve been hoping for might happen today

2) You’re keen to sign off on a new work contract

3) You’ve got to earn a living

4) A hunger for new experiences

I chose the fourth because I’m always having expectations of the day but they are realistic even though positive. I think every day is something to offer for us – bigger or smaller but something anyway. The first one is way too optimistic to my taste, the second one seems very hopeful, and the third one seems rather negative – life just being the same old stuff.

 

Question 2/12:

Something you have been planning looks like it might not work out:

1) You give up on it — it just wasn’t meant to be

2) You concentrate all your energies on making it work

3) It doesn’t matter. Plans are always subject to change

4) You look at what is going wrong and try to find ways of salvaging the project

I chose the fourth because I’d like to think what went wrong and why. I’d like to work on whatever the problem was and why it had appeared. It’s always the best to take the bull by the horns and face the things as themselves, let them be good or bad. I would have chosen the second but I guess I’m too much a thinker. If something doesn’t work out I want to ‘discuss it with myself’. In theory, I could have chosen the first but even if I believe in that things happen for a reason I don’t believe in it that strongly. And the third is just way too negative to my taste.

 

Question 3/12:

In life, your aim is to:

1) Follow the path mapped out for you

2) Succeed in doing whatever you want

3) Avoid problems

4) Be yourself

I chose the fourth. I was hesitating between the second and the fourth for a long time but I guess I ended up choosing the fourth because, at the end of the, day it’s very important that I can be what I really am. Sometimes for succeeding to do what I wanted I might have to do something that wasn’t necessarily so much ‘me’. The first one is way too simple to my taste and the third is too negative, as I would always be ready to face the problems throw in my way, no matter what they were.

 

Question 4/12:

Which of the following would best describe your attitude to life?

1) It’s a bed of roses

2) Lust for life

3) It’s a daily grind

4) Life is beautiful

I chose the fourth. I would have chosen the first one but it’s way too optimistic to my taste – the fourth is realistic and it sounds as positive as I consider my attitude. The second seemed a bit too passionate – not so much the real me – and the third one sounds rather negative.

 

Question 5/12:

The first thing you do when you wake up in the morning is:

1) See what the weather’s like

2) Gather your strength

3) Put your head straight back under the duvet

4) Take a deep breath of fresh air

I seem to be for the fours in this test. Somehow, I think the fourth one is a metaphor describing of my first action of the day. I would lie there in bed for a moment and just take a deep breath and think about a new day to begin. The morning is always ‘fresh’ in bed in the morning when you wake up. The second one would mean I had to force myself to get out of bed. And if I ever picked the third there’d be no hope left for me yet. If I checked the weather, it didn’t please me, and I started complaining, it wouldn’t give a good start for the day, so that’s why I’d not go for the first one either. The weather doesn’t make the day good or bad at the end of the day even if you disliked rain or humidity – it’s what the day is and becomes like.

 

Question 6/12:

You are at a conference where a great explorer is telling his/her life story:

1) You listen, wide-eyed

2) You admire his/her strength and resilience

3) You think how thrilling some people’s lives are

4) You want to ask lots of questions

I chose the fourth. I’m curious – but not in a nasty or negative way – and I have a great will to learn. Whenever I can learn from others’ experiences I don’t miss the chance. The first one sounds like someone never had met a person with such experience, the second sounds way too modest, and the third sounds negative – simply so to my taste.

 

Question 7/12:

Life can be summed up as:

1) Following pre-laid tracks

2) A struggle

3) A journey through a dark tunnel

4) A voyage of discovery and adventure

Life is definitely a voyage of discovery and adventure! So, it’s needless to even say which one I chose. Even if I’ve had to struggle a lot in my life I would never call my life a struggle – and you can be sure I would have a lot of reason to do so! But if I did I should be ashamed of having such a negative attitude! I would also never consider myself wandering in a dark tunnel even if sometimes it feels like I was – in those sad and blue days. There also has to be a little bit of surprise and spontaneous things in life – that’s why I wouldn’t choose the first one.

 

Question 8/12:

If there is an obstacle in your path, you:

1) Wait until it goes away

2) Kick it aside

3) Squeeze past it

4) Ask yourself what you’re going to do about it

The choice based on a similar logic to the 2/12. I chose the fourth because I would like to sit down and think what I should do to go for the second part. The second one would be okay but there was no thinking – there was just kicking. But I want to learn from my decisions.

 

Question 9/12:

You are watching 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?' and the contestant has just won £1,000,000. You think:

1) They’re so lucky

2) Well, at least I’ve worked for my money

3) That would never happen to me

4) How do you get on the program?

This is definitely the black sheep question of the quiz and my answer will be one too. I chose the second because I’m proud of the fact that I have my own income and my own money. It’s not that I’d be envious but because I’m realistic. Basically, there’s no problem with any of the options. Someone winning million dollars in a TV program would be lucky and I wouldn’t mind giving it a try if I managed to get into the program. I wouldn’t choose the third though – it’s too negative, so that it would suit to my way of thinking.

 

Question 10/12:

You see a woman crying in the street. When you talk to her, she says life isn’t worth living. You:

1) Tell her not to worry. Everything will work itself out in the end

2) Tell her she must fight back, whatever it takes

3) Commiserate with her

4) Tell her to cheer up, she’ll get through this

If I was in such trouble and I had collapsed in the street I would sooner or later pull myself together and follow the second choice. Sometimes life throws shit in your way but then you just need to fight back. I would also do the other three options but not as much as the second.

 

Question 11/12:

Your horoscope says that you will meet a new love in the next few months. You think:

1) Right, I’ll settle in for the wait

2) I’ll find love when I choose

3) That’s nonsense

4) I hope he/she comes along soon

As simple as it is, I may be a bit superstitious with some things but I would not let the horoscope get my life in any kind of order. This was a hard question though because it’s not exactly so either that I would just fall in love when I wanted – it would actually be very hard to find the one that was Mr. Right. I’d not go for the first one but the third one is too negative. And the fourth one is too hopeful, which is why I chose the second one.

 

Question 12/12:

On New Year’s Eve your thoughts turn to:

1) What’s in store for me in the coming year

2) Don’t take your foot off the pedal

3) Another year bites the dust

4) What a great year I’ve had

This was another hard question to pick a choice because I see this from more than one aspect. I would already be thinking of the upcoming year, as I’m always thinking about the future – things both in the short and long term. If it had been good I wouldn’t take my foot off the pedal. But I would also recall the year that was about to end – mostly I consider my life is good, so there’d be always something to go back and think of. The third option is the only one I wouldn’t choose – it’d be way too negative to my taste. But perhaps I’d end up picking the fourth. Perhaps for the honor of the year ending I’d rather recall the current year than forgetting it way too prematurely.

 

The result I got from the test doesn’t actually need too much explaining. I agree with what it says. The headline crystallizes it all by saying, “You live for the love of life itself.” I would just point out the part, “You take the starring role in your life.” That is definitely true. I do not please others, so that I’d be accepted. If I’m not good enough in the way I am then perhaps I simply don’t need the people to be around me who can’t take me in the way I am.

“If someone asked you what made you tick, you would say that it was simply the joy of living. You are in love with life and everything that it can bring, and you throw yourself into it 100 per cent. You like to be out in front. You have a natural desire to press ahead, a desire to discover new things and you follow your chosen path with real drive. You rarely move in the wrong direction for long and you are proactive about change. You are in control and you run your life with a good deal of creative energy. You take the starring role in your life. You strive to know yourself, to be true to yourself and to live in harmony with others. Behind these attitudes is a keen sense of self, the basis of which might be narcissistic, but it brings its own rewards. Your own inner stability means that you are free to turn your attention to the needs of others whenever you need to. You know how to get the most out of everything that you do, both retaining a childlike wonder at the world and developing an adult sense of when action and strength are required. If there is one thing you could do, it would be to share your joie de vivre with others; one smile from you might be all somebody else needs to get back on their feet.”