Answer the questions below and keep track of how many times you choose A, B, C, D, E, or F. Your most common answer will reveal your procrastination type:

1. When you have a big task ahead, what’s your first reaction?

A) Research and plan it thoroughly before even starting.

B) Get excited about all the possibilities, but struggle to pick just one approach.

C) Worry about all the ways it could go wrong and feel hesitant to begin.

D) Wait until the deadline is looming because that’s when you do your best work.

E) Feel resistant and put it off, especially if someone else is telling you to do it.

F) Say yes to multiple things at once, making it hard to focus on this one task.

2. What tends to stop you from finishing tasks?

A) You keep tweaking and improving it, never feeling it’s good enough.

B) You have so many ideas but struggle to bring them to life.

C) You feel overwhelmed by what could go wrong and freeze up.

D) You don’t feel motivated until there’s real pressure.

E) You dislike feeling controlled and resist completing things on demand.

F) You overcommit, leaving yourself little time to focus properly.

3. How do you handle deadlines?

A) You try to finish early but keep making revisions right up until the last moment.

B) You often miss them because you got lost in planning or new ideas.

C) You stress about them and might delay starting out of fear.

D) You wait until the last minute and pull off a great result under pressure.

E) You dislike external deadlines and prefer to work on your own schedule.

F) You have so many deadlines at once that you feel constantly stretched thin.

4. How do you feel when someone gives you a task to do?

A) You want to do it perfectly and make sure it’s the best it can be.

B) You think of all the creative ways it could be done, but struggle to settle on one.

C) You feel anxious about whether you’ll be able to do it well enough.

D) You put it off until it feels urgent enough to demand your attention.

E) You immediately feel resistance and might delay starting just to prove a point.

F) You take it on without thinking, even if you’re already overloaded.

5. What do you tell yourself when you procrastinate?

A) "I need more time to get this just right."

B) "I’ll start once I have the perfect idea."

C) "What if I fail or make a mistake?"

D) "I work best under pressure, so I’ll do it later."

E) "I’ll do it when I feel like it—not because someone says I have to."

F) "I have too much to do, so I’ll get to it when I can."