If you’re one of those people who can’t stand to lose five minutes of your time because it will make you late for your next engagement, and this is a habitual thing for you, I have some news for you: you need to calm down. Plan your time a little better than you are now. I’m not saying you should micromanage everything for more efficiency… actually, I’m saying exactly the opposite.
Micromanaging your time for absolute perfect efficiency is a bad idea. If you do this, you’ll leave no time for the unexpected, because you’re filling that time up with things to do. And the unexpected will happen, because you can’t control other people, and most people don’t micromanage their lives to that level. So even if you do micromanage your time, the person in line ahead of you at the supermarket probably doesn’t. And will probably spend the next three minutes looking for exact change, only to realize he doesn’t have it and hand the cashier a twenty instead. Now, sure, this can be irritating, but if you don’t have those three minutes meticulously planned, you don’t have to pop a vein over it.
So cut some of your less important things out of your busy schedule. Sure, the bills need to be mailed out, but if they don’t need to be mailed for a few days, leave them in the car and mail them out next time you’re out by the post office, or when you just have some extra time to kill. You don’t need to squeeze mailing them out into the five minutes between leaving work and meeting that cute girl for dinner. In fact, you shouldn’t, because it’s just a recipe for more stress when there’s a long line at the post office. This goes for all sorts of other things that could be done now, but really, it won’t kill you to do them tomorrow. I’m not advocating procrastination, just realizing things don’t need to be done right now, this instant when you have other things to do too.
Also, leave early when you want to be on time. Remember that five minutes I mentioned above before the date with a cute girl? Make it fifteen. That way, if there’s traffic, or just someone who actually drives the speed limit instead of ten over, you don’t feel a case of road rage coming on. This goes back to my earlier point, in which not everyone micromanages their time, and some people really just aren’t in a rush. The world isn’t going to revolve around you, so don’t act like it will. Leaving that time will make your life a lot easier when the unexpected happens.
This leads me to another point: your time isn’t more important than my time. Seriously, I just don’t care. And no one else does either. For those who talk like they just have too much to do and not enough time to do it, I have news: most people do have too much to do and not enough time. We manage to work it out anyway, without popping a gasket when something comes up that takes longer than we would like. My time is just as valuable as yours. That doesn’t mean I won’t let you go ahead in line if you have one item and I have a cartload. Kindness is a good thing. Just be aware, I’m not going to bend over backwards for you, and most other people won’t either… some won’t even offer you the kindness I just mentioned, and you should be prepared for that.
So, just remember, the world doesn’t revolve around you, and you shouldn’t expect it to. Plan accordingly, because sometimes, things aren’t going to be as efficient as you try to make yourself. Drop some things from your busy schedule until you have some extra time to deal with them. The unexpected happens, so if you have some extra time in there, you won’t be in such a rush. Then maybe you can stop getting so frustrated everytime something doesn’t go according to plan.
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