be on time for work every morning for a consecutive week

Everyone else manages to make it in on time. At this stage I’m so habitually five to ten minutes late that nobody bats an eyelid anymore, not even the boss. But it’s not a good thing. If I can be consistently in by 9.25, why can’t I be consistently in by 9.15?

I want to have another go at this – although a little voice inside is telling me “it doesn’t seem to matter that you’re always late so why bother to make the effort?” But it kinda matters to me, though I can’t imagine why since I’m getting away with it. Anyway, I shall try, and see what happens.

9.16 this morning, but only because I left early so I could put on some laundry on the way out.

Edit: Good god, I’ve just noticed that I started this goal a year ago. And I could probably count the number of times I’ve been in on time since then on my fingers. Sigh.

There’s life before eight am?! Normally I wouldn’t even be out of bed at this hour, but I happened to be up and there’s stuff I have to catch up on in the office, so in I came, in spite of the temptation of that cafe with the yummy toasted bagels.

^{Don’t expect me to make a habit of this!}

but I have a new plan. If I’m leaving the house late, I’m going to get a taxi into work so that I’ll still be there on time. I suspect I’ll be far more motivated by the money I’m wasting than by being a few minutes late!

Bang on time.

Woohoo!

Okay, but not good enough. If I let myself be three minutes late it’s too easy to be ten minutes late. Maybe I should be aiming for 9.10 – the world won’t end if I’m a couple minutes early, after all :-p

I was in at… 8.40!!! Might this be the week?

early this morning – 9.12. Does it count if it’s a four-day week? :-p

since I obviously can’t be on time every morning this week now, but I’ve changed it instead to a consecutive week, and I’ll just keep trying till I manage it.

::trying to convince self it’s not impossible::

Aaargh! Wrong direction. Why is this so impossible?!

In fairness, the last two mornings haven’t really been representative, cos I’ve slept it out a little both times, thanks to late nights. But that’s another part of the problem – making myself go to sleep early enough that I can get up betimes. Again I say, aaargh.