# Control over the day

*Asked when it fits · https://insenia.app/questions/control*

Who was steering the day, when work ended and what ate the time without asking.

## Why Insenia asks this

Control is the largest thematic dimension in the bank because it touches so many ordinary evenings: whether work stopped before evening, whether the phone is coming to bed, who got your evening tonight. The wording moves around, the theme stays the same.

A few questions ask for a balance rather than a yes or no, such as how much of the day was reaction and how much was choice. For people with money on their mind, the questions also ask whether the worry got smaller today or just quieter.

## What it tends to reveal

After two weeks, the evenings when work dragged on and the evenings that stayed yours usually separate clearly. The days when someone else held the steering wheel tend to land in a recognisable place on the calendar.

What eats time without asking, messages, meetings or other people's needs, often turns out to be the same thing most days. Insenia shows the repetition and leaves the conclusion to you.

## 24 questions about control over the day

- [Did you manage to stop working before evening today?](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/did-you-manage-to-stop-working-before-evening-today.md): Yes or no.
- [How did your workday end today?](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/how-did-your-workday-end-today.md): I stopped on time, It dragged on, I worked into the night, I didn't work today.
- [Is your phone coming to bed with you tonight?](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/is-your-phone-coming-to-bed-with-you-tonight.md): Yes or no.
- [Did you find time today to get your body moving?](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/did-you-find-time-today-to-get-your-body-moving.md): Yes or no.
- [Looking back, who was steering today?](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/looking-back-who-was-steering-today.md): The day steered me to I steered the day.
- [Did someone else make a decision for you today?](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/did-someone-else-make-a-decision-for-you-today.md): Yes or no.
- [Did you at least manage to step away from work this evening?](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/did-you-at-least-manage-to-step-away-from-work-this-evening.md): Yes or no.
- [How much did money worries creep into your day?](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/how-much-did-money-worries-creep-into-your-day.md): Not at all to All day.
- [How often does work come home with you?](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/how-often-does-work-come-home-with-you.md): Almost never, Sometimes, Almost every evening.
- [Did today go roughly the way you planned it this morning?](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/did-today-go-roughly-the-way-you-planned-it-this-morning.md): Yes or no.
- [What ate the most of your time today without asking?](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/what-ate-the-most-of-your-time-today-without-asking.md): Messages and mail, Meetings, Other people's needs, Nothing, it was mine.
- [How much of today was reaction, and how much was choice?](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/how-much-of-today-was-reaction-and-how-much-was-choice.md): All reaction to All choice.
- [What did you say no to today?](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/what-did-you-say-no-to-today.md): Extra work, A social plan, A screen, Nothing, everything got a yes.
- [Who ended the workday today?](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/who-ended-the-workday-today.md): It ended me to I ended it.
- [Which part of the day slipped through your fingers?](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/which-part-of-the-day-slipped-through-your-fingers.md): The morning, The afternoon, The evening, None, it stayed mine.
- [Did you make one decision today that you'd been circling for a while?](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/did-you-make-one-decision-today-that-youd-been-circling-for.md): Yes or no.
- [Who got your evening tonight?](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/who-got-your-evening-tonight.md): Me, People I care about, The screen, Leftover work.
- [Did you check work messages after you'd stopped for the day?](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/did-you-check-work-messages-after-youd-stopped-for-the-day.md): Yes or no.
- [If today had a steering wheel, whose hands were on it most of the time?](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/if-today-had-a-steering-wheel-whose-hands-were-on-it-most.md): Mine, My calendar's, Other people's, The phone's.
- [With everything shifting at work, what did you manage to hold steady today?](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/with-everything-shifting-at-work-what-did-you-manage-to.md): My routine, My sleep, My people, Not much today.
- [Did the money worry get any smaller today, or just quieter?](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/did-the-money-worry-get-any-smaller-today-or-just-quieter.md): Smaller, Just quieter, Louder.
- [Which part of work costs you the most these days?](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/which-part-of-work-costs-you-the-most-these-days.md): The people, The pace, The pointlessness, The hours.
- [Do you know roughly where this month's money went?](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/do-you-know-roughly-where-this-months-money-went.md): Yes or no.
- [Is the change ahead something you chose?](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/is-the-change-ahead-something-you-chose.md): Yes or no.

Dimensions that move with this one: [Presence](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/presence.md), [Energy](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/energy.md), [Avoidance](https://insenia.app/insenia/questions/avoidance.md). All questions: https://insenia.app/insenia/questions.md. Answer tonight’s five in the browser, no email: https://insenia.app/tonight.

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