Why am I late all the time?

As a rule, such people see many opportunities around and try to do everything in time. However, attempts to implement all plans in a short period of time lead to the fact that in any case they do not have time to do something. However, this does not really upset them: born optimists, they love more than anything to enjoy the moment, for example, to stop and breathe in the smell of roses …

Such a positive outlook on life in general and on being late in particular is acceptable when it comes to a party with friends or any other event that may well begin without you. If we are talking about a business meeting where your presence is mandatory, or about an event where another person will pay for your lateness with their time, the explanation about roses is not entirely appropriate here.

If you are late for meetings, important events, business or friendly meetings and do not feel remorse at all, you may need to think about whether everything is so cloudless in your picture of the world. Another question is what to do for those who are constantly late and endlessly reproach themselves for it? To the one who never has time for the beginning of the film (and then bites his elbows) or, in a state of stress, jumps into the departing train … There really are such people, although their behavior is not entirely clear: after all, if they do not want (do not like) to be late, why are they can’t stop?

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Three answers to one question

1. Failure to time correctly. How many times have we spent much less time on the road than we actually spent? The optimism inherent in us is to blame for everything: we remember only those cases when it took us less time to do everything. And now every time we think that we will have time to get there in 20 minutes, not in an hour, and as if we do not specifically take into account various unforeseen circumstances.
2. Reluctance to switch to another activity. Have you experienced the fact that you do not want to interrupt work and leave the house for a meeting or a walk? And the point is not at all that you want to stay at home, but that it can be unpleasant (uncomfortable, uncomfortable) for you to change one type of activity for another. However, when you do go where you were going, you try to make the most of your presence.
3. Self dissatisfaction. When you have time to do everything that you wanted, you are satisfied with yourself and feel like a wealthy adult. In this case, you always arrive on time. But when work isn’t going well and it’s time for a scheduled meeting, your brain will likely urge you to work a little more because you’ve accomplished so little today. As a result, you are late.

None of the above, of course, can justify chronically late people. But if you encounter one of them, then at least you will know that the cause is in him, and not in you.