Time flies so fast. It’s so fast that you’ll
only notice the time it if you’re running late for work, school, a meeting or
even for a date. Late people always have reasons why they are late. It could
be: “There’s always heavy traffic, something came up, I prepared breakfast for
my kids” and a whole lot more excuses to tell.
But why do people like to settle for being
always late? Why can’t they be on time like punctual people do? Is it maybe
because they rely on their reasons more? If your friend is like this, they need
help! Here are tips that might help them.
Discover Why
You’re Late
If you’re late not just for a day but almost
every day, you need to take action. Figure out why you’re always late. Think of
your daily routine and identify all the possible causes of your tardiness. From
this, you will discover the reasons why you’re late, and you can start a plan to fix it.
Organize
Yourself
When you go out for an appointment or an
important meeting, things like car keys, house keys, Identification Cards,
wallets, and phone are your essentials. Most of the time when you’re about to
leave, you always tend to forget where you leave these things.
Finding the things you need when you’re in a
rush is time-consuming and frustrating. If you admit that you experience this
kind of scenario every day, you need to organize your things. Find a place in
your house where you can easily see and arrange all the stuff you need to bring
every day. Being organized helps a lot when you want to be on time for your
appointments.
Set Your Alarm Clock Earlier
Alarms are a big help if you have important
business to attend. It can force you to wake up early, and you can prepare
ahead of time before you go off. However, setting early your alarms isn’t
enough if you’re too keen or nitpicky on your looks.
A good tip is that you need to prepare
everything you need to wear the night before your work or any important
errands. Only then will you start to realize that setting the alarm early,
compliments your preparations the night before.
Wake Up Early
Almost everyone knows that it’s tough to get
off your bed even your alarm goes off. If you slack off, you’re in big trouble.
You’re going to be late for sure; you will surely miss the school bus if you’re
a student.
You won’t have time for your breakfast, and
you won’t look good. Waking up early in the morning is the most important thing
in the morning when you want to go to work or school in an organized fashion.
You need to stop this habitual laziness, learn to wake up early to have a good
start of the day.
A good way to do this is by trying to force
yourself out of bed even if you’re still sleepy. Don’t try snoozing or turning
it off. Get up and try moving your body, you can also jump around and shake all
your senses.
Your housemates can also be a big help. Ask
them to wake you up no matter how sleepy you are. But if things still don’t
work, here’s a simple way: Try to sleep early and live healthily, this is
beneficial when having a problem with waking up early.
Realize How
Long It Really Takes
If you already know your daily routine, and
that it’s time-consuming, then it maybe necessary to change some of your
actions. Maybe you’re just too confident that you have enough time preparing
but still you always run late.
You need to realize how long it will take for
you to take a shower, groom, take a brush and other necessary routines. Write
down the exact minutes to finish each of your routines, and then you can have
your time adjustment. You could use a watch to help you manage your time, and
also sites like Deal Wiki is an
excellent reference for you to find a good watch.
Be Early for
Tomorrow
“Let’s cross the bridge when we get there.”
Most people do this, but if you’re up for an early appointment, better prepare
the night before the actual day. Prepare your clothes and the things that you
must bring for the next morning. It can lessen the time of your preparation,
and it helps especially in unpredictable situations like traffic and bad
weather.
Know How it
Feels to Wait
You don’t know what’s the feeling of other people
waiting for you if you’re one of the latecomers. You always come on time; you
disregard any other appointment just to show value to the people you meet.
Making other people wait for excessive minutes or hours is a disrespect to
others; you wouldn’t want them doing that to you?
They don’t know that it’s not good to sit
alone, and how difficult it is to kill time when you’re waiting. So, for the
latecomers, let’s be sensitive to how people feel when they are waiting. You
might displease them and affect the relationships you already have.
Lastly, ask yourself what if you will be the
to wait for a person, how would you feel?
Learn To Say
No
When you have a hectic schedule, and someone
asks you if you're free, learn to say no. Try to prioritize all your
appointments when making schedules. Schedule juggling maybe one of the reasons
why people come
late
to their meetings and appointments.
Being late to important matters happens mostly
to business people, that’s why they need to analyze all their schedules. Saying
no may be insulting to the person who wanna meet you. However, you can study
the basics on how to reschedule an appointment to avoid conflict.
Takeaway
For all of us, running late is stressful and
can cause troubles. Being late also impacts our relationship with other people.
But, we can’t deny the fact that there are people who make tardiness a habit.
It could be your friend or my friend. Hence, it’s not always going to be like
this. We can help them change this practice.
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