Sometimes....

[thagandizzle]

So here's a good example of how my brain and I are often in disagreement:

I have a job interview downtown today at 3pm. It will take me approximately 40 minutes to bus there from my current location. So, I should be out of the apartment right around 2pm so I have time to walk to the bus stop.

So my brain goes, "2pm is a significant time. You need to be at the interview by 2pm, therefore you need to be out of the apartment around 1pm to get there on time." Then, a couple of hours later, my brain says, "ok, interview is CLEARLY at 1pm, so you need to be out of the apartment by around noon. Double check when the bus arrives! Make sure you have alternate route options if you miss a bus!"

So, at 11:30am, I'm like, "oh, shit! I need to get dressed!"

I do not need to get dressed. I do not need to be on a bus for a minimum of another 2 hours.

I got dressed.

Comments

[sparkythegeek]

I’m obsessive about being on time to places, so what you wrote makes loads of sense to me!

[delphi]

Yep, been there.

[zesty_pinto]

I envy that guilt. I get really full of regrets, but it's usually because I came late somewhere. I've gotten better, but being a night owl doesn't help.

Obviously, for you it's not helpful and probably means you're wasting time in a car or a cafe, though.

[thagandizzle]

Being a night owl in a daytime world is basically the hardest, for sure. And it never gets easier, you know? Like, I never get used to waking up crazy early and I never really get tired before midnight.

My dad had the philosophy that if you were early you were on time and if you were on time, you were late. It definitely rubbed off, but it’s made me a super anxious mess about going anywhere!

[divinemusings]

awww <3 brains. :/ sigh.