This week’s prompt on Sunday Scribbling is: Late
Hurry-Up!
I’ve never liked making New Year’s Resolutions but maybe it will help me with my bad habit of being behind. Well okay it’s really being behind, but being “late”. I have to admit that it really frustrates me when I have to wait for other people, so one would think I would make a point of being on time when someone is counting on me. All of my clocks are set 5-15 minutes ahead of time to compensate for my tardiness. Even my alarm clock is set 15 minutes ahead of time so I can hit snooze a couple times and sleep longer. Although I am usually up before it goes off anyway, so it’s really psychological.
I think I’m giving myself plenty of time but I’m easily distracted. It’s also bad judgement, thinking I can make it when really I can’t. It causes me more stress worrying about arriving on time or how the person is feeling if they have to wait for me. Why do I do it then? I really do care about how others feel. There is no excuse, I need to be responsible and consider other people’s feelings when they are counting on me.
It’s a new year coming up and although I don’t believe in the pressure of resolutions I will make a change in my time management and become more reliable when it comes to being on time. (this sounds like I’m late all the time, but I’m not really though even just a few times is annoying and stressful). So here’s to being on time!
Happy New Year’s everyone!
