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Mood & Wellbeing · 11 questions

Undirected

Whether your days feel aimed or adrift. A higher percent means less sense of direction, in the way meaning and grit research describe it.

About this test

Steger's Meaning in Life Questionnaire separates the presence of meaning from the search for it. You can be searching because you have not found a direction, or searching while already committed. Duckworth's grit research adds two habits that are not the same as talent: consistency of interest, and perseverance after a boring week. These original items score undirectedness: low presence of purpose plus goals that do not survive contact with boredom. A high score is not a diagnosis, and a low score is not a claim that your purpose is the right one.

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What this test asks
  1. I could explain to a friend what my life is pointed at right now.
  2. I have a sense of what my ordinary daily effort is for.
  3. I feel adrift, as if my days are not adding up to anything I recognize.
  4. I start aims with heat and drop them when the first enthusiasm fades.
  5. A setback makes me adjust the plan. It does not make me drop the aim.
  6. I am searching for a purpose, and I do not yet feel that I have one.
  7. Even dull chores feel connected to something I care about.
  8. I say yes to whatever is in front of me because I have no priority of my own.
  9. I struggle to name a future I am willing to work toward.
  10. I can come back to a hard aim after a week that was mostly boring.
  11. My effort often feels like motion without a destination.