8 Tries at Self Improvement: Online Quiz Website Review

Can you improve your life by visiting online quiz websites? This evening, I’ve decided to try . It started with just one online quiz website. And pretty soon I had a power set of quizzes, falling into the four categories of self development from my blog categories: Body, Heart, Mind, Spirit. Now, I did find out some positive things. And some things to work on. Come with me and maybe you, too, can find out some things you need to know.

The Subconscious Mind Test

It all started quite innocently yesterday with the online quiz website Lonerwolf.com, where I had gone to research a post on How Can There Be Good Without Evil? This led to a reading of the site, and that led to take the quiz about my subconscious. The result: My subconscious mind is concerned about … Isolation. Oh no. “Your answers in this test indicate that you likely carry a deep sense of loneliness. You may feel like an alien on Earth and a stranger in a strange land. You crave, deep down, for a sense of camaraderie, a soul-deep connection that will remove this sense of isolation you feel.” Acceptance of this might prove useful. But I’m not completely ready to hear it. Still, I begin to think about isolation. My mood drifts. But there’s more to discover in the realm of self care online quizzes.

I go for the next offering on Lonerwolf, which is the Spirit Animal Test. My result: Spider. Damn it, Spider? That’s … worse than unglamorous. It’s downright creepy. Literally *and* figuratively. Spider! But this comes with some advice that is perhaps useful. “Spider is a mysterious ally who asks you to reflect on whether you’re falling for fate or creating your destiny. Fate is what occurs when we live an unconscious life, but destiny is the path we choose… “

Oh no. It’s that whole thing where I become complacent. I let life wash over me instead of choosing my destiny. For more on that tendency, a reader could check out my post The Year of No.

The Dark Triad Test, from OpenPsychometrics.Org

I realized I needed a more wide ranging test basis to see how I was really doing, and I remembered taking this online quiz a couple of weeks ago, while I was reading an article, The Sociopaths Among Us—And How to Avoid Them in the Atlantic. Knowing whether you’re a danger to society could be relevant. The Dark Triad test at a small scientific online quiz website revealed that I was below 20th percentile in Machiavellian and narcissistic traits, and below 10th percentile in psychopathy. I was relieved. At last, some good news. I had already known I wasn’t a psychopath, but it was good to know I wasn’t particularly narcissistic or Machiavellian either. I resisted the temptation to take the test on behalf of people I know from the past.

And then I found: Good Heavens! Belief-o-Matic

“Ever wondered what religion you are? Are you sure your faith is the best choice for you?” Look, that doesn’t happen when you’re Catholic, when you’re Catholic you know what you are and it doesn’t matter if it’s a good faith for you. But then again, I’m a convert. So maybe I’m a closet Protestant. But wait. Apparently I test as a Seventh Day Adventist. Oh no that’s completely uncool.

Am I Really, Spiritually, a Closet Seventh Day Adventist?

I decide to get a second opinion. The Religious Typology Quiz from Pew Research Center. I score as a Sunday Stalwart, that is, religious traditionalists actively involved in their faith. Interesting. Nothing said about Adventists. For this quiz, I score as “highly religious.”

Next Up: Paranormal Beliefs Test

I’m a true believer in religion, apparently, but what about the paranormal? There’s a lot I believe in there, too. I take the test, and I am smack dab in the middle. I don’t believe that if you step on a crack you’d break your mother’s back, and I certainly have serious doubt about aliens. And past lives? Meh. I do believe that fortune tellers can predict the future, that ghosts are real, that 7 is a lucky number, and that my soul mate is out there.

So I went to Buzz Feed and took their “When Will I meet my soul mate?” quiz. The last question was “What are your deal breakers?” I looked at the list. Geez, they were *all* deal breakers. “Rude to waiters, poor communication, unreliability, not over their ex, doesn’t get along with my family … messy.” I looked again. Well … I guess I could tolerate “messy.” And so I clicked. When will I meet them? The quiz says … we’ve already met! “Congrats! Whether this is a childhood friend, a high school sweetheart, or someone you’ve yet to reconnect with, you’ve already met your soulmate. So if you’re currently single, this is a sign to reconnect with an old flame and accept whatever comes your way … “

Wow Universe. Presumptuous perhaps?

Tiara called up at this point. I told her about the quizzes. About the Spider spirit animal thing. “That’s ridiculous,” she said. But before I could agree, she was on the internet on her phone, searching for quizzes, and told me that there was a quiz farm article on Esquire.com that had 13 Online Tests that Are Actually Worth Doing and I clicked right over there.

First I did the career test, but it was too long. And then, I tried to take the Who Are You Attracted To? Quiz, thinking it might give me a hint as to who from the past I needed to call up. But the quiz had been taken offline. Meanwhile, Tiara started taking the Meyers-Briggs test, and found her personality type, but before she could tell me what it was, Bob and LIttle Bob starting distracting her with inappropriate talk and she had to get off the phone.

This one is an oldie. I first learned about it when my mother took it more than a decade ago. Now I too took the calculator. I told it the truth. It wanted to know how much coffee I drink, how much tea, how much I exercise. That I was single, but that I did make friends often. Whether I still get my period, even … a lot of questions.

(Drum roll) It says I am predicted to live to be 96. That is pretty heartening. I mean, when you think about it, this one is the queen of self care online quizzes. The info it gives you is basically scientific and authoritative, and really surprising. I feel good about this quiz.

And then the calculator had a question. “Do you have enough money?” They suggested an affiliated investment service, and I chuckled and wanted to type in “I’m a public servant. I have a pension.”

But still. Forty more years is a *lot*. I mean, I’ve got to get back to planning for 2024.

The Self Care Wheel from Positive Psychology

So what to do once you’ve taken all these quizzes? One idea might be to develop your self-care regimen to try to address the weaknesses you’ve discovered and steel yourself to take the actions you now know you should. The Self Care Wheel is a printable worksheet on which you fill out your own self care plans. There is quite a long article and a number of resources. Which I might need to avail myself of, because I am on information overload. If wish my printer were working.

How Authoritative is The Average Online Quiz Website, Anyway?

Well, some of them, not at all, but as I think I’ve written elsewhere, life, like teaching, is an art not a science. You read stuff, and if it resonates. You use it.

And about spiders. Honestly, I wouldn’t say I *like* spiders, but I don’t kill them on sight. I respect them. They plan ahead. They know how to get things happening. They wait for their moment. But they don’t have to wait too long, because they’ve set a trap.

That could be a good plan, in my case. Plan ahead. And once in a while, visit online quiz website(s). And more will be revealed.