How To Be Punctual
October 24, 2006 by Glenn
Some people are always on time, but I’d hazard a guess that most of us have occasional punctuality problems. WikiHow’s article on how to be punctual has some good tips.
- Don’t be an optimist. Things usually take significantly longer than you’d expect, even without major delays.
- Wake up when you’re supposed to wake up. Acquire the habit of sitting up, stretching, and getting out of bed as soon as the alarm goes off.
- Commit yourself to being 15 minutes early for everything, and bring something you can read in short segments everywhere you go.
Read the full article for all 11 tips.
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This is a good tip…
Bring something you can read in short segments almost everywhere you go. This makes it easy to be early, since in the 10-15 minutes you have before an appointment/event, you can get a few pages of reading done. This makes it feel like you’re getting something done (and you are) while you are waiting, if you do have to wait. You can get a ton of reading done this way, too.
When I used to drive in traffic from the suburbs into the city, sometimes I would arrive on time, sometimes I’d be twenty minutes early. Keeping a magazine in the car allowed me to get more reading done and entertained me when I would arrive obnoxiously early to appointments.
Where did you get that great idea for the White Rabbit?