how do you stop yourself from being late?

The method that can help you stop being late is very easy. I suggest that you should turn faster your watch, about 10 minutes will be ok.

You really have to do something about this. Because I don't really like people arriving late on different appointments and occasions. As if they don't have control over their time. You should be organized and plan beforehand. Like if you're travel time is an hour you have to be an hour and a half earlier so you'll have 30 minutes allowance for probable circumstances like traffic. Plus, you have to make use of your alarm clock in your cellphone. And please wake up when it starts beeping. Don't overdo your preparations remember that being on time is much more important with the person you're meeting than anything else. And keep this on mind, when you come late your wasting others time.

I used to be chronically late for everything in life and it used to make so many people angry in my life, when I decided to take control of this habitual problem I set all my clocks (including my watch and my car clock) 30 to 45 minutes ahead of time, in your mind you know that it is fast but you still have the need to meet the clock for the time you usually leave. It worked for me, you might try it for yourself.

lol...i do not know how to advise you something,but i will say that ,you should do everything earlier than others,if you feel you would be late .when going to work,when meeting,when appointment,and so on,you 'd better do them earlier,then you will have enough time to deal with some unexpected matters.then,i think,you will not be a late person.try to do it,believe me.lol...

For getting out of bed, I will use 2 alarm clock to help me if I have an important appointment, to make sure that i will not be late. As for the day, I will use a PDA to help me to trigger me 15min or more ahead of the meeting depending whether I need to travel to the venue.

keep you mind cool before you sleep and think about tomorrows program in your mind.set a time in your mind that you should get up at that moment then you can do it. or else drink excess of water in the night and then look for the morning .am sure that you will get up early by doing that.

Well it is pretty obvious that you need to discipline yourself. Set some time frame in everything you do to make it to your appointments at the set time. Like chart out how many hours you have to sleep, how many minutes you get to do things to prepare yourself to work or to meeting someone and most especially account for travel time. It is not enough reason that you left the exact same time you are supposed to meet. Just think of how long could a person wait for you. It is not really easy to wait, so respect to that person's time and effort to get there on time should be enough reason and motivation for you to do your part.

Though basically I am a lazy person by god's grace, I am very punctual, I set my deadline around 10-15 minutes before the actual deadline, so I never get late. Also, I don't mind skipping one of my tasks when getting to make up in time, like skipping my meal, or bathe.

I know what you mean. If I dont over sleep I just go slow. Something ALWAYS slows me down. I've even tried to set my watch ahead of time and still I know its a few minutes fast so still I get late. *L* I am always late but its okay. One day I wont be... or I hope so.

just leave enough time if you have to be somewhere, get up earlier best if you can just stay in bed though get a nice husband, make him happy in the morning, then send him to work, have him make a nice dinner when he gets home, make him happy again, then do whatever you want , sleep or whatever could be a good life maybe, for everybody

I think you should strengthen your will and keep telling yourself that I cannot be late, and maybe it works.

for example your meeting will be on 8 in the morning put in your mind that it will be @ 7 am...

My wife and I are both horrible at being punctual. Something inside us subconsciously resists and resents a schedule. So here are the tricks I use: I set my clock early in the morning, in case I have to snooze it... I also set multiple clocks - sometimes I manage to turn one off without waking up (even across the room). I set my clocks - including my car clock - 15 minutes ahead. That way I'm always rushing to get there only a little late, and I usually get there 2-3 minutes early. You have to set it and forget it, and even when you're aware, you have to force yourself to treat it as though it were the real time. It's hard to be on time! This world is so demanding...

lateness has degrees and unless u hv reached the point of no return, there is no point to fret.in the olden days, tying a knot used to be the followed custom, but nowadays, there is a new method. try staying focused.at night, just before going to sleep, try making a map as to what u r supposed to do the next day. sleep naturally. and, then, the next day, try focusing on every job fully. that way u will forget lesser things and the laziness which u encounter now would vanish into thin air.

I have the reverse problem I just can't help being early, it is like a sickness with me, some say a good way to be but I actually feel sick at the thought of being late, I am always at least half an hour early not matter where I am going...

We have someone in our family who is always late so we always tell her to be here 1 or 2 hours before the actually time and it always works out and they she arrives right on time and she doesnt know we do that.heheheheh

i dont like to be late , and dont like late comers also, i belive late comers are not best leaders , they may be leaders but not best leaders..time is money , and you cannot control the time , one thing can be done is to manage it at the best...... as i like to respect every ones times , i never be late and for that i follow somethings they are, 1. try to calculate the maximum time needed for the hazzels in the way eg. traffic or something like that, 2. use appropriate use of cellphone talk as it consumes most of the time . 3. be a master of multitasking...sometimes its good to handle 10 people at avarage responsibility rather than 2 people at the best resposibility 4. try to do mass communication( tell to 10 persons at single time rather than twice to 5-5 ) , never repeat what you said it consumes time. 5. do respect time always ....whether yours or others ...........and you will find one fine world to come to you ..................cheers

Apparently you have the answer to your problem yourself. You are right, your problems are related to sleep. I myself used to be a 'late' person. I used to keep weird hours and wake up feeling like the canary the cat brought it, not wanting to get up from my bed. I still work late into the nights, as i need to, but I try and catch on my sleep a bit in the afternoons. I also joined some meditation classes that taugt me how to get quality sleep. One can do with lesser sleep, you know, as long as it is quality sleep. Thats the problem with most of us though. The quality of sleep that we get is so low that we don't feel rested even after sleeping for several hours. Try meditation and breathing exercises. Before long, you will be sleeping like a baby and you will find that most of your problems would have disappeared.

Hello.I have the same problem.I think you cant change it.

hi, well you can do what i do. That is that i set all my clocks in my house 10mins ahead. After awhile you can't even noticed that they are ahead. Now if you have to stop for gas, u should lot ur time on things you have to do to get there. this might help organize your time.