I will NEVER be late again

Perhaps it's the habit that's difficult to break. Perhaps it's because one knows he/she could get away of it. I am rarely late in my life, and if I am, it is because of a good reason. I think I have only been late less than 10 times in my lifetime and I hope it continues that way. I think the main reason why I am rarely late is the fact that I always see to it that I prepare earlier than when it should be. I put too much 'adjustment' on time that I usually end up arriving around an hour or 30minutes prior to the time. It's good that you're trying your best, but perhaps you should think strategically as to why you're late in the first place? Perhaps there's something that you need to be doing at night instead of rushing through it in the morning. Perhaps you expect to be moving faster that how you really are in the mornings - I do understand there are people who are not morning people. Or maybe it's high time for you to transfer closer to work? hehe.. I guess I am fortunate that traffic isn't really congested too much here in my city. Which is why I can still afford to travel later. I could reach my workplace 15minutes or 20minutes tops. I sure hope that it goes on that way forever but heck I'm sure things are going to change and will experience that soon (knock on wood). Anyhow, try your best and I hope you find your true 'balance'. Have a great MyLOt experience ahead!

ha ha you should really have yourself adjusted. I really think there are people who can't be early or on time. oh i have known someone who is like this and he was such a pain to be with especially if there are engagements we have to attend to and i kept covering up for him, or i kept being late myself because of him. I think it is your own self that can have your ways changed. you should try to change your habit of sleeping late, or you have to just try harder and wake up early and have a lot of buffer time so you won't be late on your next meeting, and so on. Being always late, or being branded as someone who is always late and everyone knows it in the office... that sure makes a lot of bad impression on your part. i guess what you can do is to just have this on your mind, use this as a motivation so you will always have something to go back to... when you ask yourself why you have to put more effort in not being late.. that is because you do not want to feel burdened as well as to what your colleagues think of you, right?

that is a really long way to go for work. for me door to door is about an hour and fifteen minutes. The only thing i can think of is to leave a bit earlier. I mean to have to travel that long to get to work and to come home. I feel for you. That's what I love about working for myself. I set my own hours. No clocking in for me

try and set your alarm earlier. i have actually set my clock and alarm to be several minutes fast so that if i sleep in, i will not be late. that really helps me.

dear wow! well i have some tips that might help you. the night before get everything ready. freeze breakfeast ( a quick smoothie i always good) get your clothes ready, take a shower at night etc. then set your alarm.if you have to get to work at 9 am and you commute for 3 hours then i recommend leaving at 5:30. that means waking up at 5 max. turn your clock a half hour early.

You want to be on time, that is to say, you are a person who wants to be better. I think that's the most important point for you to change yourself. Maybe you'd better leave home earlier, maybe you can ask your husband to remind you the time. I believe you can do better if you want.

All you can do is leave earlier. If you know your commute is 2.5-3 hours, leave 3.5 hours early.

I guess you need to adjust your time more. You should leave home much earlier than the time you left today especially when it's raining. I guess we have to expect the unexpected like heavy traffic, vehicular accidents, etc. that will cause us late. Other people, they adjust their time 30 minutes in advance so that they won't be late. For me, I just leave the house early for me not to get caught in a bad traffic jam.

anything can happen during your travel to the office. so beside come to office earlier than as usual, you also have to prepare yourself for anything else that disturb you during travel.for example, the weather will be so rainy, so you must bring the raincoat or if the train was very slower or may be traffic jam on vehicle, you also must anticipate this by take a taxi or something else. 2.5-3 hours on road is very tiring, may be you must come 60minutes earlier than usual

hi paper!! maybe it depends on you if you use your ego not the superego or id. you should sleep early and calm your self you should wake up early because you know the traffic could affect the time that can cause you late.

I usually sleep early, then wake up early to make it on time. There's nothing we can do about the volume of vehicles at any given day and time, as well as the weather which are indeed one of the factors in considering one's travel time. Given that, just always anticipate the worse. It is better to be early than hustling to make it.

Hello paper_Doll Perhaps it's better to adjust the time you wake up. For instance, your work will start at 8 am and you need to travel 2.5 so I guess it's better to wake up 4:30 or 5 am...Time management is really needed..:)

well, i think u should try to leave early in the morning i miss my bus sometimes, and i feel really bad about it.