Even though I may demonstrate, practice, take responsibility and overall be responsible in many areas of my life there are some parts where I fail to do so. Mostly I am referring to the issue I have with time. Thought: In life you are either fighting, beating or losing time. I haven’t always battled with time but after five-ish months of having my license and car the issue of being on time developed. Before I got my license I had no problem with punctuality actually I was routinely early but that was solely due to my mother and the fact that she was my mode of transportation. I do believe that my trouble with being late directly connects with that of my bad time perception; I have the tendency to underestimate how much time I need to get places. It seems as though I would have learned by now to allow a good amount of travel time but not so much. I am especially late to school or to be more exact late to school every morning. And for those who use my free bus service – they’re late, too! Originally I didn’t have an issue with my time issue but recently it has started to bother me. Not to mention yestermorning, before I even walked in, my principal pinned me for my tardiness and very sternly expressed the following: 1. You cannot be late again or you will be trouble. 2. You are a senior and should be a role model for the other students 3. It’s just not okay and 4. Be on time tomorrow. I did not protest for I knew it was all valid but just because it’s the truth doesn’t mean I have to like it! None the less, the intervention worked; I was not late this morning and rather proud. Though to be on time I definitely had to alter the time at which I wake up. Before today I usually woke up around eight twenty or a little before eight IF on the whim I had some self-control on said morning. Fact: My alarm on weekdays is always set for seven thirty-five and once it beeps I turn it off. What can I say? I like to get the ten to twenty minutes of extra sleep that overall never makes a difference in how tired you are. This morning I actually got up at seven thirty-five and to my satisfaction I was on time. According to the higher beings I am no longer allowed to be late and I must comply.
