Being Punctual...

.... is unknown to me.. :-(

I find myself at work at 10:00am every morning. Its an hour late by standards. But, my workplace does allow 10-4 mandatory presence and to show 8 hrs working hours. I usually work 10-6. I think its Ok to come at 10. In reality, its a cat race. Im ALWAYS rushing... EVERYwhere...
I find myself atleast 5-50 min late to every doctors appoinment, meetings, parties. It gives a very bad impression. First few minutes are embarassing as apologizing takes up most of my time as opposed spending time on introducing myself. :-((
It drives my partner crazy. :-( My partner would lecture about how embarassing it will be to turn up late for your OWN party.!!
One the way to *appointment*, I replay millions of reasons in my head for being late. **Office call; My kid threw up( yes, I've said that before... I know, Im pathetic!); My kid threw a fit; Oh, I didn't realise it was 5( though you knew, like they would buy it); Horrible accident on the way; Too much traffic;**
I have breakfast in the car; Brush my hair in the car; I rush in the traffic; Take risk when the signal turns amber; Not exactly stop at *stop* sign; Not safe. Why? To make up for the lost minute. It takes fun out of everything. Why do I put myself through this torture? Its draining me out. Want to break this habit so badly and put some thought into planning.

Will be posting more about this in the coming weeks. I don't want to make drastic changes in my routine too soon. Im afraid it might spoil the flow. Ban on TV is a BIG one as it is. But, Im going to take baby steps with the morning routine. Maybe do some prep work at night with that extra time I have. ;-)

Certainly a good one to try...