Head to toes (4)

Are you satisfied with your general level of health?  What is one health issue that you know you should be paying more attention to? 

Head to toes (3)

Which of your senses – for example, sight, hearing, or smell – has gained extra abilities of discernment as a result of training or experiences you've had?

Head to toes (2)

What is one physical problem or shortcoming that you unfortunately share with one of your parents or someone else in your family?

Head to toes (1)

What part of your body do you have to be careful with, because it tends to get hurt easily?

Tell us a story: feeding the snakes

What was one job or responsibility that you reluctantly accepted, but only because there was no one else around to do it?  How did it turn out?

Working with numbers

How comfortable are you at handling numbers and calculations?  Is it something you enjoy, or something you avoid?

Time (5)

Clocks, watches, church bells, calendars, sundials, hourglasses, stopwatches, and metronomes all help us keep track of time. What is one interesting or unusual timekeeping device that you use or that you happen to see during your regular routine?

Time (4)

For a runner or a swimmer, the crucial difference between winning a race and claiming second place might be only a tenth of a second. What is one thing you do where acting quickly is essential?

Time (3)

How often do you find yourself rushing through tasks because you just don't have enough time to do a careful and thorough job?

Time (2)

How much of your daily life is controlled by time slots, periods of time, such as a work shift or a movie outing, when you've already decided what you are going to do? 

Time (1)

How many times a day do you check what time it is?

Tell us a story: flight 001

What was the first plane flight you ever took?  Where did you fly, and what was the reason for the trip?  What specifics of the experience stand out in your memory? 

Flash in the pan

Thinking back over the past few months, what was one exciting new thing that quickly lost its charm?

Long-term memory (5)

Think of all of the different places you've lived. Which of the following types of information has stuck in your memory?

• The names of next-door neighbors
• The phone numbers that you used in the past
• The colors and patterns of your bedroom walls

Long-term memory (4)

Who is someone you still remember from early childhood, even though you haven't seen that person since then? 

Long-term memory (3)

What is the earliest time you can remember when a whole room full of people were paying attention to you?

Long-term memory (2)

What's one thing you still feel wary about or avoid altogether, because of a single memorable bad experience many years ago?

Long-term memory (1)

What is one interesting skill — something not everyone can do — that you mastered at a fairly young age and have done basically the same way ever since?

Tell us a story: no charge

What was something that you expected to pay for, but ended up getting for free? What was the situation or chain of events that led to your surprise freebie?

Opening a window

What is one thing that you're now able to see in a new way? 

Your favorite things (5)

What is one "hidden treasure" that you are publicly enthusiastic about — for example, a favorite restaurant or novelist that most people haven't heard about? 

Your favorite things (4)

What is one of your favorites that you're slightly embarrassed by — something you still love even if it might be unpopular or out of fashion? 

Your favorite things (3)

What is your favorite fun thing to do when going out by yourself?  And what's your favorite way to have fun with a group of friends? 

Your favorite things (2)

What is one favorite thing that you learned about only by accident?  Do you tend to cherish things more if they're not well known, like a secret that you happened to get in on?

Your favorite things (1)

What is your favorite time of day?  What's special about that particular time of day?
What is your least favorite time of day?  What is it about that time of day that puts it at the bottom of your list?

Tell us a story: singing

Thinking back to early childhood, what is the first song that you remember someone teaching you to sing? 

Staying up late

What, more than anything else, keeps you awake later than your ideal bedtime?

Year ending, year beginning (5)

What is something you put off in 2012 that you plan to do in 2013?

Year ending, year beginning (4)

Taking an inventory of what happened to you last year, what is a good trend, condition, or practice you would like to contine in 2013? And what is one trend, condition, or practice you'd prefer to leave behind in 2012?

Year ending, year beginning (3)

What is your prediction for the coming year?  Looking ahead to 2013, what is your hunch about changes that are coming this year?

Year ending, year beginning (2)

What is your biggest reason to look forward hopefully to 2013 — if you have to leave out anything that would have been on your list a year ago when you were looking forward to 2012?