Apparently I have a “problem”. It’s not alcohol, illegal, or decremental to my health. It’s punctuality. I am consistent about it, usually only 5 to 10 minutes… I feel it’s a unfortunate combination of multitasking beyond my own ability to complete each project, a little ADD, and possibly an unconcious unwillingness to leave on time for functions I’m not passionate about.
Living here in NYC where train problems, taxi traffic and weather can all make you late… 5 – 10 minutes being late is tollerated. This fits perfectly for my consistent procrastination to leave early, in order to arrive on time.
Additionally there just seems to be too many needs and interesting options living in NYC, I can’t get to do them all. Now my issues are managing my priorities for the items I want to do/accomplish. Thinking about all this, this article came across my eyes…
Running Late and Wasting Billions Chronic Lateness Is a Pervasive and Expensive Problem, But It Can Be Tackled [ABC News]
So I’m not the only one:
American CEOs are late to eight out of every 10 meetings
I’ve known about this issue and it’s preventable because it’s all about self-control. Of the list of options to improve the only one that tends to improve my punctuality is “Learn how to say “no.” Pare down activities and don’t over-commit.” I’ll check in if this improves…or expect a late reply if it doesn’t.