What helps me be on time is back timing. I start with my arrival time, then work backwards with the parking time, travel time, getting ready to go time, meal time if that time of day, plus a few extra minutes for a cushion (usually 5).
For example, for a recent 9 am appointment - 20 minutes park, and drive time means leave home by 8:40 am. Getting ready time 30 minutes (shower, getting dressed, doing hair). I need to be in the shower by 8:10 am. Breakfast 15 minutes, so out of bed by 7:55am. Then my cushion time, set alarm for 7:45am and get up!
If I am going somewhere I have never been, I use a map program for an estimated driving time, as well as a travel route. If I have been there before, the planning process is almost automatic.
By jean leiner from Buffalo, NY
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Thumbs up for great planning. Also thanks for the giggle. I thought - cushion? Why a cushion? Then the brain kicked in. Well I have only just got up.
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