How To Stop Being Late!

You text your friend: ‘Leaving now!’ But really, you’re still in bed. Yep, you’re the person who’s always running behind. Rehab your rep with these tips.

- Judith Ohikuare

Did you know, millennials are the most likely of all peeps to be late? From dates to parties to work. In one recent poll, 22 percent of millennials said they are late to work at least one day a week.

But here’s the thing, lateness can breed resentment in all your relationships and an ever-simmering anxiety in you. “One of the most predominant issues people have with time is that they constantly lie about it,” says Lauren Handel Zander, author of Maybe It’s You and Chairwoman of the Handel Group, an executive- and life coaching company. We spend too much energy coming up with fibs to justify our lateness. Time to get real about how your traits, moods, and attitudes might be setting you back.

1. THE WILD PROCRASTINATOR ‘I’M BETTER UNDER PRESSURE!’

We’re all guilty of a little procrastination, but not every single person is a die-hard procrastinator. Joseph Ferrari, a professor of psychology at DePaul University in the US, and author of Still Procrastinating?, notes that when you’re postponing, waiting or just delaying, you’re often still gathering information in order to best achieve your goal. Procrastination, on the other hand, is actively avoiding making any decision, putting you at an absolute standstill until the very last minute, often causing you to be late. Yes, you get everything done eventually, but in the mean-time, your stress levels, and chance for error, skyrocket.