A small quiz

Which time of day are you?

Dawn, noon, dusk or night: when are you most yourself?

8 questions 2 minutes

A wide window whose sky fades from sunrise on the left to starry night on the right, a cup of tea on the sill, soft watercolour illustration

Dawn, noon, dusk or night: when are you most yourself?

Everybody has an hour they are most themselves in, and most people are living slightly out of step with theirs. It shows up in small ways: the meeting you are useless in, the hour you would never give away, the time of evening when you suddenly become good company. This is the quiz this whole site is built around, because the day has a shape and so do you. Eight questions about light and tiredness and who you like being around.

2 minutes · 8 questions

the questions in this quiz

  1. Which of these would you choose to wake up to?

    • Mist on a field, everything still gray and gold
    • Full sun, sharp shadows, a day with a clear shape
    • Late afternoon light coming in sideways
    • Rain in the dark and no reason to get up

  2. When does your best thinking happen?

    • Early, before anybody has spoken to you
    • In the middle of doing something else
    • On the way home from things
    • Long after you should have been asleep

  3. What is your favorite part of a good day?

    • The beginning, when all of it is still possible
    • The middle, when it is going well
    • The part where it winds down and people start talking properly
    • The end, when everybody has gone

  4. You get home. What is the first thing you do?

    • Open a window
    • Deal with whatever needs dealing with
    • Put music on and change out of your clothes
    • Turn most of the lights off

  5. Which of these sounds best?

    • A cold clear morning with nowhere to be
    • A hot afternoon with somewhere to be
    • A warm evening that goes on longer than planned
    • A storm at two in the morning

  6. What kind of company suits you?

    • One person, early, with coffee
    • A group, doing something
    • A long table, no rush
    • Two people, late, saying real things

  7. When do you feel most like yourself?

    • Before the day has asked anything of you
    • When you are useful and it is going well
    • When the pressure comes off and you can finally talk
    • When nobody needs anything from you

  8. What is your relationship with the phrase early night?

    • A treat, and you take it
    • Efficient. You are up early anyway
    • It never quite happens
    • Largely theoretical

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