LifeTwo’s 5-minute Midlife Quiz

Want to know how your midlife is going? Are you on track for a crisis? Please take our 5 minute quiz by answering the following with either Yes or No:

1. I am more open regarding my principles today than I was earlier in my life.
2. I don’t have a good way to reduce stress/anxiety.
3. I am confident that I know who I am.
4. I feel like I am running out of time to do all of the things I want.
5. My work life is no less satisfying than before.
6. I say to myself “I can’t be this old, can I?”
7. I now pay more attention to my well-being than before.
8. I can be annoyed about the effort it takes to be fulfilled in my life.
9. I feel good about my future.
10. I find that maintaining a proper work-life balance is hard.
11. Just making ends meet wears me out.
12. I fantasize more than I used to about all kinds of things.
13. My life so far has met my expectations.
14. Overall I consider security to be more essential than I used to.
15. Sometimes I feel excitement is absent from my life.
16. I had a more exciting life when I was young, but I’m okay with that.

Scoring:

1 point for each "yes" on 1, 3, 5, 9, 13, and 16.
1 point for each "no" on 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 15.

If your total is:

0 to 4. – You are on auto-control. You should author a book about how to live a well-adjusted life. We’d love to add it to LifeTwo’s recommended reading.

5 to 9. – You are done fine and largely have a healthy life outlook with only occasional (and perfectly normal) self-questioning. LifeTwo is here to help you in such times.

10 plus. – Welcome to LifeTwo, boy are you at the right place.

Now what do you do with this new enlightenment? If you want to learn more about midlife crisis, please click here to read the LifeTwo postings on the subject. You can also check out our book reviews as well as participate in a relevant discussion.