At some point in my life, being on time became an obsession for me. For the past several years, I constantly checked my watch, becoming anxious if I was going to be late – and by late I mean not 5 or 10 minutes early. I became anxious during class or meetings that were running late, even if I had nowhere else to go. This tends to cause some problems. First, it’s not good to stress myself out over something so silly. Second, I can’t carpool with anybody that doesn’t share my problem, and I don’t like traveling alone.
I’ve been trying over the past two years to get over this, but this summer I tried something different – I stopped wearing my watch. If I don’t know what time it is, I can’t stress out. Every once in a while though, I can glance at a clock on display in the room, or another person’s watch, defeating the plan. Overall, I think this is helping. I don’t get anxious in meetings and classes anymore, because I don’t realize when we’re getting close to the end or running late. I’m this much closer to less stress! 🙂
