Temporal Anomaly – Tardiness
There is a temporal anomaly surrounding my house.
I believe this because every time we leave the house we are always at least 5 minutes late for whatever event we’re trying to attend. This happens whether we start getting everyone ready hours or just a few minutes beforehand.
This field must be generated by children. I’m certain it didn’t happen like this until I was a parent and other parents have commented on similar effects happening to their house as well.
I’m hoping that someday The Doctor will stop by to correct this phenomenon.
I highly dislike being late. One of my common jokes with my wife is that arriving 15 minutes before the event starts is actually arriving on time. This hasn’t happened in a while and I hate it. I know that when I’m late it often inconveniences other people, and sends the inaccurate message that I don’t consider their time as important as my own. This also applies to worship services and Bible study. By being late, I’m not showing respect to my Father in Heaven who has sacrificed so much for me.
It also gives me the reputation of being unreliable. If there is one thing I remember that my dad taught me from a very young age it’s that having a good reputation is vital.
I want to apologize to everyone that I have shown disrespect to by being late. It is not intentional. I promise. I would start naming people but I’d run out ink or forget someone; plus since this is a public forum I would prefer to handle the direct apologies in person. If you desire a personal apology, please approach me privately and I will be happy to oblige.
Most importantly, since I’m a guy and this is a problem, I want to fix it.
I know it’s going to take a concerted effort by both my wife and I. Christina already does things like laying out clothes and getting diaper/toy bags ready ahead of time. I think the main problem, especially for morning events is that neither of us are morning people. That coupled with a colicky baby that stays up half the night makes getting up earlier very difficult.
I know that there are some variables that I’m not able to control that will get better as time goes on, like a baby that nurses almost constantly, but there’s got to be something else we can do. The question is: what?
I know that there are people that have dealt with this issue before, so what did you do that helped most?
Proverbs 12:15
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
But he who heeds counsel is wise.
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Jun 3 2013 @ 9:30 am
I was watching a “Dr. Phil Show” few years ago that touched on this topic (sorry, unable to remember many details: date, topic of that specific show, etc.) Dr. Phil was questioning on tardiness a women of 30ish. After some more questions, Dr. Phil confronts her, after questioning her more, then he demonstrated that she was arrogant and selfish. If you will ponder on this (meditate with the Word), you will see that Dr. Phil is right; and, dig that evil preposition out of your life now before it becomes something unmanageable. Your articles are welcomed at our home–thank you.
Jun 3 2013 @ 11:43 am
Interesting. I see nothing arrogant or selfish in being tardy, especially if it is unintentional. If anything, I would have said that the problem is self-deprecation, resulting from unnecessary guilt. As the parent of small children, I think you will find people to be more charitable than you might imagine. Yet, there is nothing wrong with a penitent heart that desires to do better. Possessing such a heart, I commend you, brother.
Jun 3 2013 @ 2:56 pm
My family dealt with tardiness, too, for a time. Like you, tardiness makes me feel like I’m failing somewhere. Tardiness is the biggest cause of stress in my life.
After months of trying to solve our tardy problem, I believe the solution was this: my wife and I wake up 30 minutes earlier. If we are still tardy, we wake up even 30 minutes earlier. We found that it was much easier to be on time by going from extremely early to on-time. It was too hard for us to go from late to on-time.
This may sound like an abomination for not being morning people (I’m not a morning person, but my wife is), but I was more concerned about being on-time than I was letting my hatred of mornings be an excuse.