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Retirement Readiness Quiz

Question 1

Which statement do you feel best represents your position in your current work situation?

a. I hold significant responsibilities, receive a substantial amount of recognition, and consider work an important part of my life.
b. My current responsibilities are average in significance and I enjoy receiving recognition, but my life does not revolve that much around work.
c. I feel my current responsibilities contribute very little and can't wait to be relieved of them.

Question 2

Which statement best represents your attitude towards your colleagues?

a. I enjoy day-to-day social interaction at work and feel I will be lost without these close working relationships when I retire.
b. I enjoy day-to-day social interaction at work but feel I will either remain close to my colleagues or replace this aspect of my social life when I retire.
c. I either don't enjoy the day-to-day social interaction or simply will not miss it when I retire.

Question 3

Which statement do you feel best represents your attitude towards your workday?

a. I benefit from the structured day that work provides (i.e., getting up at the same time every morning, commuting, working, eating at relatively the same time everyday, enjoying my free time at night and on weekends).
b. I benefit from the structured workday but believe that I will replace it with a similar form of structure when I retire.
c. I don't enjoy the imposed structure of the workday and look forward to having more flexibility in my day-to-day activities.

Question 4

Which statement do you feel best represents the way you spend your time?

a. I am the sort of person who benefits from staying busy most of the time.
b. I am the sort of person who enjoys a balance between staying busy and having downtime.
c. I am happiest when I have lots of downtime.

Question 5

Which statement do you feel best represents your personality?

a. I consider myself an outgoing, social person who enjoys or needs to be around people most of the day and/or night.
b. I am the sort of person who enjoys a balance between engaging with other people and having time to myself.
c. I am the sort of person who prefers to have lots of time to myself.

Question 6

Which statement do you feel best represents your disposition towards change - whether expected or unexpected?

a. Looking back on my life, I feel I have not handled change very well.
b. Looking back on my life, I feel I have learned to deal with change better over time, but still do not handle it as well as I should.
c. Looking back on my life, I feel that I have handled change well, stayed relatively in control of my feelings and reactions, and was flexible in adapting to change.

Question 7

Do you have a plan for how you will spend surplus free time in retirement?

a. I have no idea what I'm going to do, and I don't want to think about it.
b. I have a few vague ideas about things I want to pursue in retirement, but I don't have time to think about them now.
c. I have plans that will sustain me from the day I retire to the day I die - even if that's 30 years from now.

Question 8

Do you consider yourself in good health?

a. My health is not all that good.
b. My health is average.
c. I am in good health.