I want to play a game.
The Prize:
Complete the game with the criteria I choose and I’ll do a post for you – audio, video, written – on a topic you decide. Alternatively, if you don’t have a blog, you get to choose the topic of a post for next week (and I then have to create it. Be gentle!). Should you choose to play, comment with your scores at the bottom of the page and how you reached that score. There can be more than one winner here; if you make the grade you’ll get a post.
The Rules:
The rules are simple, and there are only 3 of them.
- You must answer each question for yourself on whatever day you take this test.
- If your score reaches 0 you’ve lost; post a comment and let me know why.
- Everyone starts with a score of 100, and you cannot boost above this score.
The Game:
Answer each question and keep a running note of your score.
- Did you get out of bed the first time your alarm went off? (Yes: +5, No: -3 for each subsequent ‘snooze’)
- Was this before 8am? (Yes: +5 No: -5)
- Have you had breakfast? (Yes +7 No: -8)
- How many unnecessary things are on your desk? (-1 for each thing)
- If someone from outside of your family came into your room just now, would you be embarrassed? (Yes: -20 No: +10)
- How many tasks do you have to complete by the end of the day? (-2 for each task)
- How many of those tasks have you already started? (+3 for each task)
- Do your tasks take more than one or two steps to complete? (Yes: -4 No: +5 Some: -2)
- Do you have huge commitments or deadlines looming that you’re unprepared for? (Yes: -10 No: +5)
- How often do you check your email in an hour? (- half that number)
- Were you in bed before 12 midnight last night? (Yes: +5 No: -3)
- Have you spent any time relaxing today? (Yes: +20 No: -15)
- Do you have work/college/similar to attend today? (Yes: -15 No: +5 but if you love it, those scores get halved)
- Morning or Afternoon nap? (Yes: +3 No: -3 Both! +5)
- Are you being rewarded for the tasks you do? (Yes: +10 No: -15)
Scoring:
In the interests of preventing the ‘throwing’ of results (we all do it, come on now) I’m not going to be very detailed about the scoring system until the end of the week when I announce the people I’ll be posting for. This is just a bit of fun! If you already have a post due from me then I’ll still get to it.
For the people without blogs that ‘win’, as I mentioned in the introduction you’ll get to choose a topic for me to post about here. Any topic, and any medium so long as it isn’t breaking any laws or bordering obscene (not that I think anyone would, but have to cover my bases here).
Again, if you reach the bottom with a score of zero, please comment and let me know anyway.
Good luck everyone, looking forward to hearing what you get. For those curious today I ended with 20!
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Great idea. I’m pleased to say that if you allowed to go over 100 then I would be on 112. As an interim manager I get to choose the projects I work on. So I don’t get distractions and I get paid for what I do. I’ve not had breakfast yet, but I do have time scheduled to go to the gym at 12.
If I had to choose a blog topic for a guest post, then I’d love one on how to see the positive in what you do.
Congratulations
Great to see you so motivated, good job!
Anyway, head on over to part two (in my comment luv) for the results.
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OK, so only 6 days later ….
1,2,3 – full marks – hurrah! Although, I don’t set the alarm, my son is my alarm! So if you’re asking me to I get up the first time he shouts for me, I guess I’d actually better score -3. I’m sure I snooze him at least once
So, -3+5+7 = 9?
Right, question 4 is a problem. I have no desk as such but my favourite place to work is the dining room table which currently has … eek, a lot of clutter! Can I come back tomorrow? Counting the items, about 40 I guess
9-40 Actually, I’m scoring this all wrong aren’t I. Start with 100 you said. OK, so trying again.
100 (can’t add any more cos you said no more than 100) so I guess that means I’m to take off 3 for the alarm and 40 for the desk? So I’m down to um, 57 so far.
Right …+10 for q.5 (yey!) but cheating slightly now because I honestly have no tasks left to complete (aside from this!) so scoring 0,0 and +5 for 6, 7 and 8.
This isn’t looking too good. Have to say yes to number 9 (still haven’t started BootStrapBranding or got posts scheduled for my trip to France) and I conservatively estimate that I check my email about, um, ah, lots of times in an hour. I’m known to have whole conversations back and forth so end up checking every couple of minute. So let’s be generous and say 20 times an hour.
So what’s that done to the score?
57+5-10-10 = 42 (gulp)
But yes, I was in bed before 12 last night so back up to 47
Have I relaxed today? Yeah, why not
So I’m at 47+20=67
College or work? – nope 67+5=72
Nap? – nope 72-3=69
Am I rewarded for the tasks I do? Define reward. But from my perspective, yes, very, very much so
69+10=79!
Hurrah! That was nothing like as bad as my dad’s disaster
Although let off the hook a lot by it being time for bed!
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Excellent! Now head on over to the second post (its in my commentluv) and receive your reward
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I scored zero once I got to question 4. Mind you, question 1 threw me as I don’t have the alarm set on Saturday or Sunday so had to pretend it was my usual weekday 6.30 alarm. Doing really well therefore until question 4. There is well over 100 things I don’t need on my desk! I’ll see if i can post a photo somewhere just to show you the mess!
The desk almost did me in the first time too! Its a horrible question really, but it does affect things (or so I’ve noticed).
Definitely let me know if you have a photo; I could post it in the follow up post in a couple of days.
If I understood your rules right I ended up with a 100 since I can’t go above it.
20– what happened missy?
I actually had a plus 12.5 over
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How on earth did you get 100? Honestly curious there, you’ll have to tell me.
As for me, well that day I got done in by 4, 5, 9, 10, 12 and 15. For my shame. Lol
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Like I said I probably didn’t play it right. You said everyone starts with a 100 and can’t go above correct?
3(unless coffee counts),6,8,10,12,14 got me but others saved me lol
It was fun and thought provoking. I enjoyed it. If I’d had taken it earlier in the week I’d probably failed miserably though.
Lol, yea coffee doesn’t count. The idea was that you can’t go above 100, but to be honest its probably weighted to people doing better rather than worse. It was fun to right though for sure.
Part of the charm is that if you asked yourself the same questions every day you’d come up with varying scores. Example, were I to do it again today I’d get 100+ just because of how it worked out.
Ok I redid it… blahh.. 10 total.. how the heck did I do that?
Agreed that some days would def. be different. But not too much varible. I might take a double nap now and again or relax on occasion though… heh heh
Relaxing is good for you
Taking the time to rediscover that one myself just now.
You should maybe check out my new post actually, buy yourself a game, kill some monsters, always makes me feel better.
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Hooray! You have WPTouch installed. About time too
Just wanted to check, do you want to know how the score breaks down? You’re going to mash me on my email habits today. I’ve had entire conversations back and forth via email!
Hehe, just post what your score is and why its there
All I really want to know. (My score wasn’t exactly stellar either 
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And yes, I’ve had WPTouch installed for a while now lol.
That’s a fun game. I’ve promised myself that I’ll start one particular task right now but I promise to come back and play this afternoon
P.S. If you don’t see me back here by bed time, feel free to yell at me in a tweet and tell me to keep my promises!!
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Will do then
I’ll look forward to seeing you later.
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