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I had a creep. Aeryn Send a noteboard - 21/09/2010 11:20:19 PM
Is it waking and getting up that's so hard that you lose a lot of time or what?

Waking up is very difficult for me, because I've let myself think that it's ok to not be there "on time." I don't have a set time though, so Aeryn's situation might be significantly different. But anyway, once I let myself get away with hitting snooze repeatedly, it becomes something that's difficult to unlearn. And it's occasionally upsetting.

With friends and things in the evening, I almost NEVER get out of work on time, so I'm perpetually apologizing for being late. It's not at all out of spite or dismissal - it's some sort of stupid job loyalty that messes me up when I should just say "fuck it, I'm leaving now." But again, once it starts happening, it's harder to put a stop to it.


I don't have a set time either, and in a way, it's good that I stay late - sometimes my boss calls into the office at 8pm and wants something done. I've almost made peace with it, and then I had the time creep - my default "in" time went from 9:30 to 9:40 to 9:50 to 10:20 and that's unacceptable. So now I'm going to bed at 10pm and starting to wake up at 6:30am, and back up to 9:20am. (My commute is just 1/2hour)

Mornings are insanely difficult.

I read an article somewhere that people who are chronically late have a fundamentally different relationship to time.
This message last edited by Aeryn on 21/09/2010 at 11:21:09 PM
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I liked your initial reply better - 21/09/2010 11:13:02 PM 655 Views
Waking up... - 22/09/2010 02:57:09 AM 893 Views
and also getting out of bed. - 22/09/2010 01:00:30 PM 714 Views
You average getting to work more than an hour late? - 22/09/2010 07:18:38 AM 699 Views
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I think that's the problem - 22/09/2010 01:44:19 PM 837 Views
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That's true, it isn't. - 22/09/2010 03:35:40 PM 914 Views
do you go to sleep at a reasonable hour? - 22/09/2010 06:15:32 PM 658 Views
I have this problem mostly with work. - 21/09/2010 11:13:15 PM 829 Views
I had a creep. - 21/09/2010 11:20:19 PM 711 Views
I wanna read that article. *NM* - 26/09/2010 09:21:10 AM 303 Views
+1 - 22/09/2010 01:47:25 PM 1163 Views
I am never late - 21/09/2010 11:17:40 PM 732 Views
And I find fat people offensive. *NM* - 21/09/2010 11:21:52 PM 309 Views
... *NM* - 21/09/2010 11:22:59 PM 333 Views
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I'll be there tomorrow at 2 - 21/09/2010 11:40:41 PM 656 Views
Not so much anymore. - 22/09/2010 12:35:42 AM 644 Views
*raises hand* - 22/09/2010 02:50:25 AM 700 Views
Re: *raises hand* - 22/09/2010 08:50:13 AM 672 Views
I think (s)he meant 8 hours of sleep, not exercise. - 22/09/2010 09:51:23 AM 628 Views
Sleep, per night - 23/09/2010 04:14:48 AM 725 Views
my mother will be late to her own funeral - 22/09/2010 08:40:43 AM 669 Views
You're a very nice daughter - 22/09/2010 01:28:48 PM 720 Views
thanks mom - 23/09/2010 06:27:23 AM 644 Views
Haha, yeah. But good friends are used to it, and so's family. - 26/09/2010 09:17:27 AM 670 Views

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