Conscientiousness/Carelessness

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Please select habits that apply to you. You can select up to 10 habits, and are required to select at least 2. Be over-inclusive. Don’t worry if some of the bad habit descriptions do not really apply, as you will get to specify the most typical habits later, when you make your final fault selection, prior to writing.

• Am too perfectionistic
• Get obsessed with details and lose the big picture
• Insist that everything be in perfect order
• Dislike deviation from the rules, even when it is necessary
• Have to plan everything
• Seriously dislike having my routine or schedule upset
• Cannot stand to be late for an appointment
• Feel that I am being unproductive if I relax
• Can be very judgemental
• Get upset at myself when I misplace something
• Will work on a project beyond what is useful and necessary
• Believe that I have to be flawless
• Always believe that failure is a consequence of insufficient personal effort
• Cannot tolerate having to finish a task imperfectly or quickly
• Can be contemptuous of other people and of myself
• Do things in a half-way manner
• Don’t like to tidy up
• Find it difficult to get down to work
• Make a mess of things
• Leave my belongings around
• Surf the web or watch TV or waste time in other ways even if I have a project due
• Am without real ambition
• Neglect my duties
• Frequently make excuses
• Often procrastinate
• Waste my time
• Am sometimes willing to bend the truth to get out of an obligation
• Feel unmotivated to complete my work
• Have few clearly defined goals
• Have no stable daily routine for sleeping or eating