Every time you leave your house, here's a bit of what the scene looks like (in a barely caricatured way):
Follower of the quarter of an hour late, whether for an appointment with friends, your colleagues, your chewi or the dentist, you always end up getting your ears pulled (“Oh cruel world!”). Want to stop jumping around? That's good, we'll explain how to do it here.
There is ALWAYS a reason in our history that explains why we are always late. If we are concerned, we sit down for 5 minutes, quietly, with a sheet, a pen and a piece of chocolate, and we try to go back to the source of the problem.
What do you think you are most often late for? Is it because you are afraid that you have left the oven/iron/straightener on and that a fire will break out in your absence? In this case, it probably means that you have the annoying tendency to overcontrol everything a bit…even to exaggerate everything, and that you are afraid of letting go*.
Is it because you don't want to arrive early and hang around the street alone, staring shamefully at your phone? In this case, you care way too much about other people's eyes (yes, no one stares at someone who is just waiting in the street, unless they forgot to put on pants) and you think way too much ! Relax, Max.
Now that you have identified the reason, continue to explore it to find out what event in your personal history could have triggered this "fear". And then you will see, you will not be late anymore! Bingo!
Imagine a Balance of Advantages, capable of measuring… well… the advantages of a situation, of course! On one side you put "I'm late" and on the other "I'm on time". Which side does the scale weigh on?
Of the second, of course. Because even if you IMMEDIATELY find good reasons to be late (laundry to be taken out of the machine, furniture to be patched up, hairstyle to be tweaked,…), the disadvantages are always MUCH more important:stress, the heart which threatens exploding, oozing armpits, self-inflicted bullying and guilt, etc. Keep all that in mind (and that bunny image)!
If you're consistently late because you can't do everything, two things:1/ You can't do everything, so take the unnecessary pressure and guilt off yourself and "relax", 2/ "Relax" especially since it is possible to save precious minutes or even hours by organizing a little better. We explain how to do it here.
About fifteen minutes, more if you are used to arriving later. It works a bit. In the beginning. And then when you get used to it, this self-manipulation technique will no longer deceive you and you will be forced to change tactics or even really arrive on time. File.
Just to make fun of yourself and the ridiculousness of the situation… Because when we saw black and white writing that we arrived 30 minutes late for our family meal because we suddenly had the urge to fixing this slightly wobbly table leg, when it's been like this for at least 3 months and we could have taken care of it afterwards, it's a bit of a great nawak. To help you out, we found 50 of these (very) silly tricks.
And go for it. RIGHT NOW. By avoiding looking at what you might have to store/repair/shift/eat!
"Follow the White Rabbit (Matrix)
This is the completely masochistic technique of the lot. The principle:you ask your friends and family to download the Glympse app, which we told you about here, so that they can cop you. Maso, we tell you!
"I'm late! »
1 minute late =1 viewing of this video (to see it, after preparing yourself psychologically, click here). 5 minutes late =5 viewings in a row. After a quarter of an hour late, we can assure you that you will NEVER be late again. On the other hand, we disclaim all responsibility if you are half an hour late one day...
* More information in the book "Psycho Minute" by David J. Lieberman.
