Re: I'm only usually late by 5 minutes…what's the big deal?

[Anonymous]

It is so cool to know that there is a place where my “defects of character” are actually the norm!!!!!!

My relationship with time is very strange indeed. Although it escapes me it is not because I am unaware of it. Quite the opposite. I seem to always be acutely aware of time. The clock thing is goofy but I do it anyway even though I know the time.

I know every landmark on the way to everywhere I go. If I am at exit 254 by 9:15 I will be on time for work and I have to punch in at 9:30 am. It takes 7 minutes to get from the exit to the parking lot then 3 minutes to get from the car to the time clock…unless I am behind someone who is driving 10 mph in the parking lot…then I’m screwed!!!

If I must be somewhere at the ungodly hour of 6:00 am, I can not sleep the night before for fear of not waking up. I wake up every hour to make sure I haven’t overslept. Then of course, REM sleep takes over about an hour before I am supposed to awaken and then I am unable to open my eyes. WTF!!! If someone makes a point of telling me that I must be on time, you can bet I will be late.

The problem is that there isn’t enough time. And although I despise being late, I have NO desire to arrive early FOR WORK. NONE!!!

I once read something that must have sunk deeply into my brain…no one on their death bed has ever said “I wish I would have worked more”. Yes, work is important…it’s our livelihoods…but it isn’t our lives. I love my job. I really do. But it’s not my life, not the policies or weekly reports, the staff meetings or the team building exercise.

Our lives are our relationships and our children. Our passions and our desires.

It bothers me that we have to give so much of our PRECIOUS time to others that aren’t our loved ones.

Time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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