My Father Taught Me: ...Don't Be On Time, Be Early
Probably the simplest way to reduce stress and anxiety is to budget extra time into your schedule.
When my Dad made plans to go places, they always sounded like this :
"The Movie starts at 7. It takes half an hour, to get there, so 6:30, plus traffic and parking another ten to fifteen minutes, 6:15-6:20. Popcorn, drinks, washrooms and finding our seats, 15 minutes, let's say 6:00. 5:50 for good seats, we should leave at 5:40, 5:45 at the latest."
If your "going places" involves an airport, double your bonus time to arrive extra early.
Worse thing that can happen is you arrive, get through check in and have to wait, stress free on the other side for an extra hour.
Planning to arrive early also gives you some wiggle room when it comes to events outside of your control (traffic, late or missing busses, bad weather).
I always take the bus right before the bus that would get me to work within 5 minutes of my shift. I usually arrive 30 minutes early for work, but now, if my bus doesn't show up, or if my connections are slow and I miss that bus, I can still take the next one and arrive "late" by being only 5 minutes early.
Arriving early has uses outside of Stress Management as well.
Arriving early for work looks good to an employer (trust me, I am one). There are a lot of flaws that can be erased by reliability.
On the flip side, there are a lot of great qualities that can erased by chronic tardiness.
Being on time shows that you are responsible. Being early shows that you care and value your companies' time.
When it comes to friends and family, being on time shows that you care about them, and value their time.
Everyone likes to feel valued from your bosses to your best friends.
So if you are one of those chronic late people, or you always find yourself rushing around trying to get where you're going at the last minute, give yourself and everyone around the best gift you can, a little extra time.
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