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I was never beat but I hate being late. I don't have an issue with it at all, I'm just... not late, and I don't see why I should practice being disrespectful with other people's time.

Anyway, then I had kids and they're alway always slow which makes me late for everything, so I guess that's my punishment. I try to be zen about it.

Damn what an unfortunate coincidence, but also totally not your fault. And you know I'm sure everything turned out fine, right? Like the event didn't get cancelled. The "bad thing" that happened was a bunch of people standing around chatting for 15 minutes.

I'm sure you've had to wait on someone for longer than 15 minutes. The world doesn't end, right?

If it's just a habit you're into it's not like it's something bad? I guess everyone's anxieties are different but I always make sure to be early as well. It's just being well prepared and a responsible adult? Mine was never instilled in me it was something I learned to do naturally. Especially when it comes to something like the airport. Better to be a bit early and have some time to read a book or mess around on my phone than to be late and miss a flight. Not being critical of you, I get everyone has different mental health journeys, I'm just saying if being late requires planning and stress maybe that's not helping the problem either.

For many people this is where the word s*** that you mentioned really does matter. The goal is to get to the thing before it begins which could be 30 seconds or 30 minutes early, whatever. And I think now when we all have digital devices, it's pretty easy to make use of your time by reading a book or the news or watching TikTok or whatever, so it's not like you're wasting time sitting around if you happen to arrive 20 minutes ahead of schedule.

My sister in law is chronically late. She uses this strategy and always tells herself a time 30 mins early, so she can get places on time.

On one occasion my brother asked her what time dance class for the kids was. She tells him 12:00, so my brother - being an "always on time" person - gets there for 11:45 so he's a little early.

Turns out the time my SIL told him was her personal fake start time, not the actual start time, so he's 45 mins early lol.

Honestly the thing that helped me the most with my time management was Google Maps repeatedly stabbing me in the back. I was always leaving at the last possible second, relying on maps to tell me what that second was.

When I moved to the city and traffic became a serious concern, Google's '20 minute' estimate would balloon out to 30 minutes on important appointments like doctor's visits and work. So now I look at the estimate, add the higher of ten minutes or 30% to it, and make it comfortably on time to wherever I was meant to go.

Being 15 minutes early is on time.
Being on time is being late.
Shit happens.

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Let me guess, they did the classic projection case of acting like they were mad because they felt "tricked"?

Just move to France and you will be just one time by being 30min late

attention? who does that? i can say for certain i don’t know a single person… i hate being late (and frequently am). it’s awkward and embarrassing and nothing else

Boy what the fuck are you talking about. Attention-seeking? If it were attention-seeking, why didn't people with disorders predicated on attention-seeking consistently go around being late all the time? You must have diagnosed yourself off Tiktok or Instagram because this is a comically off the mark reasoning.

I know this probably won't help but it's kind of funny. My D&D group years ago had one member who was consistently an hour or more late. So the DM started telling her the game was an hour earlier. People would show up slightly early for the real time, and she would straggle in apologetically, pretty much right on time. Worked like a charm for almost a year before she finally caught on.

Something always happens and because I'm not hyper sensitive about time I don't really mind if I'm delayed.

It's usually because the cats won't come in. But I can't say I couldn't come because I was worried the cats would get wet so instead I blame traffic.

Posted 3 hours ago, so you still have the better part of an hour to just chill and not worry. This is definitely the right approach.

Same. Have an appointment 20 minutes away? Ooh, better leave 40 minutes before, just in case.

With the traffic, road work, and detours sometimes thrown in the way, this habit has been quite helpful. The last appointment I had let me in early because there was availability as soon as I arrived, so I got to leave earlier than expected.

Nope doesn't work. When the alarm goes off I ignore it, because I have 2 minutes.