You on Schedule?

[Susanna]

So, I'm never on schedule and I'm lousy on planning. I'm always late for everything. I keep promising myself I'll get to bed early, but it is allready past midnight. Tomorrow morning will be a mess, and from my window I'll be seeing everybody else getting in their cars ready for work, while I'm stumbling my way through the morning hours...and my boss will be looking at her watch whenever I get there.

My question is...how do y'all get the show on the road during week days?

 

[wisebeardman]

I just tell people I will get there when I get there..

 

[VioletReigns]

I'm the wrong person to ask. I'm neurotically early. I'm the one who gets there first and makes the first pot of coffee. Yet my three children didn't take after me and were always flying through the house at the last minute gathering up belongings and running out the door with their coats still unbuttoned.

 

[Grace-Like-Rain]

I deliberately found a job that didn't require me to get up early in the morning.

 

[Nautilus]

i tend to be exactly on time if not early. I show up about a hour early for church but thats more for coffee and socializing beforehand.

 

[sassylady]

I've always been early, but I guess it's a matter of self discipline. I hate rushing around for anything so I make sure I'm up so I have time to relax, otherwise my day is awful. I honestly believe some people thrive on rushing out the door.

 

[Fenner]

I have to get myself and two other people ready in the morning. I get everything ready the night before, clothes, lunches packed, school bags ready, in the winter, coats, boots, hats, gloves, in designated area. I have to do it this way or I'd be going crazy in the morning. Plus my kids do better with the structure.

 

[Lynx]

I set the alarm for an hour before I have to leave for work. I don't like rushing around, it's bad for the digestion. I like to take my time, eat breakfast, catch up on the forum, check a few comics I like (Arlo and Janis, Dilbert, Rose is Rose, etc.) get dressed and leave on time.

 

[MissCris]

I just don't go anywhere. Well, no, I do go places, but it's rare that I have to be anywhere at a particular time. When I do have to be somewhere at a particular time, I know about it so far in advance that there's absolutely no excuse for me to not be entirely ready to go by the time it's time to go...and yet, at that moment, the whole place erupts in chaos and lost shoes and an inadequate supply of kid stuff in the diaper bag and for some reason my clothes suddenly don't fit right even though they were totally fine three minutes previously...

I'm never late, though. Because I hate being late.

 

[gypsygirl]

i'm very seldom late. but i'm very seldom early (more than a couple minutes).

i am a pro at arriving pretty much right on time.

i have major issues with losing track of time (which i prefer to call my gift of "being present in the moment") and thus, utilize many alarms on my smartphone to ensure that i am awake and that i leave when i need to, in order to avoid tardiness.

for example, my sunday a.m. alarm schedule:

alarm 1 : time to start waking up
alarm 2 : you should be pretty much awake now, especially if you fell back asleep after alarm 1
alarm 3 : time to jump in the shower
alarm 4 : 15-20 minutes before it's time to leave -- let chloe outside and make sure you're dressed to leave
alarm 5 : leave NOW

luckily, i am fortunate to work for myself, and unless i have early meetings, i set my own schedule. this is especially sweet to me, since i spent many, many years waking up very, VERY early, and coming home late. 70+ hour work weeks, and lots of burnout.

now, i am just amused at the thought of ending up with a morning person. i can't decide if:

1. he'd be a good influence on me
2. i'd cause him premature death, probably by giving him a coronary ; p
3. i'd slowly become a morning person, while quietly ruing the day i ever met him
4. i'd be a bad influence on him, as he imagines dumping buckets of cold water on me or hiding my unmentionables in the freezer as i peacefully sleep through his "waking hour"
5. we'd live happily ever after

 

[BananaPie]

My question is...how do y'all get the show on the road during week days?

Well, I just go by this clock

...because the alarm broke on my old clock.

 

[zeroturbulence]

The real trick to not being late in the morning is to get to bed on time.

(I know, its easier said than done)

 

[Lynx]

luckily, i am fortunate to work for myself, and unless i have early meetings, i set my own schedule. this is especially sweet to me, since i spent many, many years waking up very, VERY early, and coming home late. 70+ hour work weeks, and lots of burnout.

You remind me of this comic. I'll post a link to it instead of posting the comic itself because it has one cuss word in it.

xkcd: Time Management

 

[TearsofthePhoenix]

I have Littles to get moving so my starts about 1-2 hours before I have to be somewhere. Even for school the kids are up an hour before they need to leave. Else I am looking for shoes and scarves and whatever else at the last minute.

I also set my clocks ahead 5 minutes, my alarms behind 15 minutes and use a lot of coffee.