Too Early, Too Late

Yes. Arriving early has become a habit to me, not only to work but also in every tasks I have been doing routinely like going to church, conferences, meeting with staff, meeting a client, meeting relatives and friends, etc. I accomplished more by doing such routine. I am more prepared, more organized and have given myself 'edge' in everything I do. But don't get me wrong, I am also late in some occasions and I also don't have perfect attendance at all times. But these tardiness and absences from work are for VALID reasons like important meeting at my son's school, when he is sick and needed doctor's attention and so on and so forth. One need not have a will power to be punctual. If you love your work, you will not be spending idle time doing nothing neither would you be bored or blame yourself for either being early or late from work. Do not be a typical 9 to 5 employee if you want to better yourself. Do something good for the company and I'm sure the company will do the same to you.

I hate being late to work. So everyday, it's a routine for me to set my time leaving the house earlier, giving allowance to the usual problem on the road, traffics. I arrived in the office, usually 10 to 15 minutes earlier. What I did, is checked my paper works and arranged in order of time to be completed so there won't be a back log on them. Being late sometimes may cause work problems or your decision making caused by lost time.

I always come at work early. I was never late before- almost yes. Anyway, I just resigned from my previous job due to too much stress and you know about it -we're working same boat (before)

I always try to reach the office 15 minutes before starting working hours, so that I feel fresh at the beginning of office works. Late coming in any day would bring a lot of uneasiness to me, especially during the initial few hours.

I too am always early to work.One place I worked at,the time clock would only let you clock in three minutes early.I usually would just sit there till it was time to clock in.Actually,I am early to everything.If I have to be somewhere by 12:00 I am usually ready by 9:00 that morning.(no exaggeration)

I would feel stressed if I wasn't there early. It doesn't mean that I go inside to work, but I need to be there so that I know I won't be late. I balance that need with a stress-reliever like a good book that I keep in the car and only read before work. So I'll just spend a few minutes in the parking lot with some good background music playing, reading a good book and reclining way back in the seat. Those few minutes help my attitude before I go in.