Great SHARE. One of the best things I ever heard (I also tend to be perenielly running late) is that people who are late all the time are optimists -- they think that on each day, the bus will run perfectly on schedule, the car will be full of gas, traffic will be easy, they will hit all green lights, find a parking place, and be right on time. It's not a conscious process as much as it is an assumption -- all will go well.
I have a different challenge. I have fairly rampant ADD and I can get distracted soooo easily. There are times when I'm just nearly ready to walk out the door 45 minutes before an appointment that is 25 minutes away and end up being late. The dog needs to go out one last time, or I decide after all to change my shoes, or I forget to get my checkbook from the counter and have to go back in the house. Or I get out of the house on time but decide that since I factored in extra time, there are enough extra minutes to drive through Starbucks -- and then the line stalls at the window two cars before I get there and I end up 5 minutes late.
So I could completely use your suggestions. But somehow it seems so defeatist to have to budget an hour and 15 minutes to get to something 30 minutes away.....
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Dave,
Great SHARE. One of the best things I ever heard (I also tend to be perenielly running late) is that people who are late all the time are optimists -- they think that on each day, the bus will run perfectly on schedule, the car will be full of gas, traffic will be easy, they will hit all green lights, find a parking place, and be right on time. It's not a conscious process as much as it is an assumption -- all will go well.
I have a different challenge. I have fairly rampant ADD and I can get distracted soooo easily. There are times when I'm just nearly ready to walk out the door 45 minutes before an appointment that is 25 minutes away and end up being late. The dog needs to go out one last time, or I decide after all to change my shoes, or I forget to get my checkbook from the counter and have to go back in the house. Or I get out of the house on time but decide that since I factored in extra time, there are enough extra minutes to drive through Starbucks -- and then the line stalls at the window two cars before I get there and I end up 5 minutes late.
So I could completely use your suggestions. But somehow it seems so defeatist to have to budget an hour and 15 minutes to get to something 30 minutes away.....
June 15, 2009 - 8:51amThis Comment
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