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Take a Moment — To test the balance in your life

Occupational therapists believe that your health and well-being depends on your ability to balance the occupations (activities) that are important to you. Try this test to see how well you set priorities, plan, pace and position yourself - the keys to a balanced lifestyle!

Do you frequently… (Check all that apply)

Feel everything is important and must be done today?
Set unrealistic goals?
Feel stiff or experience low back pain?
Let other people decide what is important to you?
Run out of energy during the day?
Work through coffee and lunch breaks?
Get distracted by detail or less important activities or tasks?
Complain that you are disorganized?
Find yourself hunting through clutter to find things?
Race through the day?
Never have time for yourself?
Redo things because of mistakes you did in a rush?
Put things off until later?
Become impatient with others?
Grab meals on the run?
Spend a great deal of time in noisy environments?
Avoid anything new, even if it interests you?
Feel tired?
Find yourself squinting?
Take chances when lifting or carrying?
   
 

   
     
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