What About Me?
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WHAT TIME OF DAY AM I MOST PRODUCTIVE?
FIndicate the response for each item that best describes you.
1. Considering only your own "feeling best" rhythm, at what time would you get up if you were entirely free to plan your day?
a. 5:00-6:30 a.m.
b. 6:30-7:45 a.m.
c. 7:45-9:45 a.m.
d. 9:45-11:00 a.m.
e. 11:00 a.m.-12:00 (noon)
2. Considering only your "feeling best" rhythm, at what time would you go to bed if you were entirely free to plan your evening?
a. 8:00-9:00 p.m.
b. 9:00-10:15 p.m.
c. 10:15 p.m.-12:30 a.m.
d. 12:30-1:45 a.m.
e. 1:45-3:00 a.m.
3. Assuming normal circumstances, how easy do you find getting up in the morning?
a. Not at all easy
b. Slightly easy
c. Fairly easy
d. Very easy
4. How alert do you feel during the first half hour after you wake up in the morning?
a. Not at all alert
b. Slightly alert
c. Fairly alert
d. Very alert
5. During the first half hour after awakening in the morning, how tired do you feel?
a. Very tired
b. Fairly tired
c. Fairly refreshed
d. Very refreshed
6. You have decided to engage in some physical exercise. A friend suggests that you do this one hour, twice a week and the best time for him is 7:00-8:00 a.m. Bearing in mind nothing else but your own "feeling best" rhythm, how do you think you would perform?
a. Would be in good form
b. Would be in reasonable form
c. Would find it difficult
d. Would find it very difficult
7. At what time in the evening do you feel tired and, as a result, in need of sleep?
a. 8:00-9:00 p.m.
b. 9:00-10:15 p.m.
c. 10:15 p.m.-12:30 a.m.
d. 12:30-1:45 a.m.
e. 1:45-3:00 a.m.
8. You wish to be at your peak performance for a test which you know is going to be mentally exhausting and will last for two hours. You are entirely free to plan your day, and considering only your own "feeling best" rhythm, which ONE of the four testing times would you choose?
a. 8:00-10:00 a.m.
b. 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
c. 3:00-5:00 p.m.
d. 7:00-9:00 p.m.
9. One hears about "morning" and "evening" types of people. Which ONE of these types do you consider yourself to be?
a. Definitely a morning type
b. More a morning than an evening type
c. More an evening than a morning type
d. Definitely an evening type
10. When would you prefer to rise (provided you have a full day's work-8 hours) if you were totally free to arrange your time?
a. Before 6:30 a.m.
b. 6:30-7:30 a.m.
c. 7:30-8:30 a.m.
d. 8:30 a.m. or later
11. If you always had to rise at 6:00 a.m., what do you think it would be like?
a. Very difficult and unpleasant
b. Rather difficult and unpleasant
c. A little unpleasant but no great problem
d. Easy and not unpleasant
12. How long does it usually take you before you "recover your senses" in the morning after rising from a night's sleep?
a. 0-10 minutes
b. 11-20 minutes
c. 21-40 minutes
d. More than 40 minutes
13. Please indicate the extent you are a morning or evening active individual.
a. Pronounced morning active (morning alert and evening tired)
b. To some extent, morning active
c. To some extent, evening active
d. Pronounced evening active (morning tired and evening alert)
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Source: C.S. Smith, C. Reilly, and K. Midkiff, "Evaluation of Three Circadian Rhythm Questionnaires with Suggestions for an Improved Measure of Morningness," Journal of Applied Psychology, October 1989, p. 734.
