Posted by Suedehead on November 6, 2008, at 22:24:34
In reply to hey, what do you think chronic lateness is about?., posted by obsidian on November 6, 2008, at 22:04:41
Hmm. That's tricky. I'm chronically/pathologically early, so I basically have the opposite problem. Actually, I have a pretty extreme fear of and aversion to being late. But I think you pretty much answered your own question at the end of your post--you stay up late so that you have time to yourself, which is very, very understandable (I'm an introvert, too, and know how hard it is to be around people all day long), and it's not easy to wake up in the morning when you haven't had enough sleep. I mean, I don't know if you're asking if there is some 'deeper' meaning to chronic lateness, or what, and maybe there is (my T would say so, I'm sure), but I really do think that there's a strong physiological component. Most people I know who are chronically late are also chronically sleep-deprived.
One other thought--something that I really enjoy about getting up early enough to take my time getting ready is that I have some time to myself before I have to deal with the rest of the world. Maybe you could think of your time before work as your *own* time. I've found that getting out of bed is much easier when I know that I don't have to hurry to shower, get dressed, etc. and run out the door in twenty minutes to go and do things that I don't really have much interest in doing.
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