Can We Guess How Old You Are by Your Habits?

By: Zoe Samuel
Estimated Completion Time
4 min
Can We Guess How Old You Are by Your Habits?
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About This Quiz

An action becomes a habit when it becomes a regular pattern. A one-time indulgence can become harmful only when it features regularly enough to have a long-term effect. Likewise, healthy habits are useful, but only as habits; going to the gym once isn't going to turn you into The Rock.

The habits we acquire and lose over time show our personal development. Sometimes these habits are positive habits, and sometimes they are less helpful, but good or bad, these habits say something about where we are in life and what we're up to. The bad habits of youth could give way to healthy adult habits, or they could give way to bad habits that, while more mature, aren't better so much as they are different.

Habits are much of the pattern that is life. How you choose your habits is a matter of character and circumstance, both of which are a product of your life and where you are in it. A young person is unlikely to make sure their cane is positioned within arm's reach when they climb into bed, for example, only because most young people don't require canes to get around.

We have a pretty good handle on the habits that characterize the stages of life, and we are sure that if you tell us a bit about your life, we can guess your age. Care to give us a try?

How many days a week do you wake up before 7 a.m.?
1
5
2
3

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How often are you outside of your home after midnight?
A few times a week
Maybe a few times a year
Almost never
Once a week

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How often do you spend 100% of your pay each month?
Every month!
About half the time
Almost never
10 out of 12

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How often do you delay gratification?
Never! Freedom for the win!
Occasionally
Frequently
Rarely

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How actively do you manage your finances?
I don't.
I just put money into a managed fund.
I manage some of my money actively.
I manage all of it actively.

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How much money do you put into savings each month?
Me? None.
A small, regular amount
As much as is left over, and then a nice, regular chunk
Just what my 401K does

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How do you save for the future?
My parents take care of that for me.
I have a couple managed investments.
Managed investments and some investments I control directly
I day trade!

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How often do you go to the doctor for checkups?
Once every year or two
Once a year
Twice a year
Rarely

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How often do you eat all the fruits and veggies you're supposed to in a day?
Never
Always, and then some
Most of the time
Only some of the time. I don't really keep track.

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How many extreme diets (e.g., Paleo, Veganism, South Beach, etc.) have you tried and stuck with for a period?
1
5
2
3

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What's your major vice?
Smoking
Fitness
Sleeping
Drinking

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How much time do you miss at work for genuine health reasons?
A day here and there
Almost none
A week a year, maybe
About the average, I guess

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How much time do you miss at work because you pulled a sickie?
Loads
Very little
Almost none
Quite a bit

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Which of these is most like your fanciest recent vacation?
Backpacking through Europe
A week at a spa in Thailand
A long weekend at a Disney resort
A week in Ibiza

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Where do you stay when you travel?
Hostels
Luxury hotels
Reasonably priced full-service hotels
Hotels that are just outside of my price range

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What type of plane tickets do you buy?
The cheapest one available on the cheapest airline
I don't care so long as it's on the airline on which I always fly.
It's got to be near my traveling companions, and on the airline I fly with. If I'm alone, I fly business whenever possible.
The fanciest coach tickets I can get

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What do you do when you attend a dinner party, as a guest?
Have fun and pig out on their dime!
Bring some fancy chocolates
Bring a bottle of wine
Bring some beers

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What's your philosophy around hosting parties?
Hope the cool kids come!
Put out some good music and some good food and let things take care of themselves
Dress code; anticipate needs; curate introductions and make new connections for my guests
Just let people do their own thing and don't be a stiff person

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Who do you sit next to when you're at a dinner full of people, some of whom you know?
My best friends!
People who might help my career
Interesting strangers
Friends of friends

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How do you talk to people with less social power than you?
I don't.
I feel sorry for them.
I try to be a good example and be gentle.
I look down on them.

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How do you get your news?
I don't care about the news.
TV
The paper
Facebook

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How often do you get hung over?
I haven't... yet!
A few times a year
Very rarely
About once a week

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Which of these is most like your experience of being in charge of others?
School project
Head of a project team
Running a business or a department of a business
Running some assistants

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How much do you read books for pleasure?
I don't.
I read a couple a year.
I devour books!
I might read one just so I can say I did.

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How much TV do you watch per day?
Six hours
Two hours
Three hours
Four hours

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What kind of TV do you watch?
Reality shows
Epic dramatic series
High-brow dramas
Silly comedy

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What radio do you listen to?
What's a radio?
Podcasts, mostly
NPR
Top 40

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How much do you spend doing things for your community?
None! I owe them nothing!
I'll help out when there's a major storm or something.
I volunteer around the holidays.
I'll donate to a local charity, but only a little.

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How much time do you spend around smokers, including people who vape?
Loads
Very little
None
Many hours a week

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How much time do you spend at the gym?
Not much
I work out like a fiend.
Never enough for my goals
A few hours a week

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