How Organized Are You?

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(NAPSA)—Are you aware of how much your organizational habits affect your daily life? Take this quiz created by the experts at IKEA, the nation’s leading home furnishings retailer. On average how long does it take you to find your keys in the morning? A) No time, where else would they be but on the key rack? B) 1-5 minutes. 4 C) 6-10 times a week. D) It disappeared a year ago and I haven’t seen it since! Do you organize your music CD collection by... A) Label color. B) Musicartists’ name. C) Musical genre. D) Most frequently listened to order. How do you remember family D) About 10 minutes, if ’'m lucky. members’ birthdays? A) My Palm Pilot alarm alerts me about birthdays. B) I have birthdays written in my gathering and didn’t call, your friends and family would... A) Alert every police station and hospital in the area. C) My mom calls to remind me. D) I don’t—Ilike belated birthday cards better anyway. What does your closet look make sure youre okay. C) Make jokes to each other about your habitual tardiness. D) Do nothing, but they would A) Rainbow (it’s color coded). B) It was organized by a Gap employee. C) Macy’s department store after a Saturdaysale. D) Atornadohit a thrift store. C) Depends on where the dog hid them. If you were late for a family B) Call you on your cell phone to check my temperature if I arrived on time! How long do you keep cashed personal organizer. like? checksonfile? Rating Scale: A - 5 points, B - 4 points, C - 3 points, D - 2 points. C) Afew months. Pack Rat Pat (33-40)—Fun meansalphabetizing your kitchen A) At least 5 years. B) 1-2 years. D) Never, I throw them out. How long would it take you to find your report card from the fifth grade? A) No timeatall, it’s in myelementary schoolfile. B) Just one phone call, my mom still has it posted on the fridge. C) Impossible, I tore that up a long time ago! D) Eternity, I have no idea where it is. How manytimes a week do you lose the TV remote control? A) Never, if it’s not in my hand it’s in the TV stand’s remote control holder. B) 1-5 times a week. cupboard, buying tape for your label maker and organizing your books in your bookcase by their size and shape. Tidy Tony (25-32)—You arrive to work on time every day and your home looks like a picture from a furniture catalog. Messy Michelle (17-24)—You have to dig through the piles of dirty laundry to find the dog, but you alwaysfind him! Disaster Donny (0-16)—You know the saying, “He’d lose his head if it wasn’t attached to his body.” Well, they were talking about you.