What time would you wake up if you were free to wake up whenever you’d like (you have no work or family commitments at all)?

What time would you go to bed if you were free to plan your evening (you have no work or family commitments at all)?

How regularly do you rely on waking up by an alarm clock?

Generally, how easy do you find it to wake up in the morning (whether you’ve been woken unexpectedly, unnaturally or naturally)?

How alert and energetic do you feel within the first hour of waking up (either naturally or unnaturally)?

To what extent do you feel hungry upon waking up? This quiz is adapted from the work of Dr Michael Breus (The Power of When) and the work of Morningness and Eveningness Assessment (Horne & Ostberg, 1976)

What time of the day do you feel you’re at your physical peak to exercise (not when it’s convenient for your calendar)?

You need to schedule an important client meeting that will require you to be sharp and focused. They’re happy to accommodate your time requests. When do you schedule the meeting?

You have a significant work project to complete that will take approximately 2 hours. You have an open calendar and can select what time you’ll undertake this project. What time do you select?

Your workplace implements a new change and you can select your own work hours to optimise your performance, so long as you can work 5 consecutive hours per day (with small breaks interspersed throughout). If you could select your own hours, based on when you’d be most productive, you’d likely select:

You need to attend a conference call at 6am (your local time). How do you feel?

You’ve been invited to present a talk at an evening event. Your scheduled slot is 8pm. How do you feel?

You went out for dinner with a group of friends and went to bed later than normal. You don’t have to set an alarm the next morning. When would you naturally wake up?

How do you experience jet lag?