punctuality and procrastiny

many, many people underestimate the importance of punctuality.


which is sad, really...
for it undermines the entire issue of trust, doesn't it?


haha i know i might make it sound really serious, but the truth is that it is.
what's the point of telling someone we'll meet at 0930, if you're only going to turn up at 1000?
you're just going to waste half an hour of that person's life, and then the next time you two arrange to meet up, he/she is going to play it safe and turn up at 0945.
but damn, you still turn up at 1000...
and then during third time you two meet, your friend is gonna be like "fuck it i'm going at 1000 this time" and for some reason you felt guilty about the previous two meetings so you decided to turn up on time at 0930 today and wow holy shit it really doesn't feel good to wait for half an hour.


and thus from that day on, subsequent meetings adhere to the golden rule of (true meeting time) = (stated meeting time) + (30mins).
which brings us back to the my main point of underestimating the importance of punctuality, and the whole undermining trust issue...
after all, if you say you're gonna' be there at 0930, then you jolly well keep your word and make sure you are at the stipulated time.


yes, i admit that this is probably something that the army has inculcated in me, so people who haven't gone through national service probably might not feel as strongly about punctuality as i do.
but then again, to me punctuality is about keeping your word as well.
and if you can't even keep your word then it gets really difficult to form any sort of trust at all.
i'm not saying that i'm never late, but i believe i do try my best.
think of someone who's always late, and then ask yourself if you wanna' be that guy.


hmmm and it's not only about being punctual for others...
being punctual for yourself is important too.


yep, when you procrastinate, you're actually standing yourself up.
why tell yourself you'll get this done by today when you're only really going to do it tomorrow?
it's like being late all over again, but this time nobody else is involved...
whether you keep to your own word only determines how much you can trust yourself.


so please please start being punctual from today onwards...
for others, and for yourself.
stop procrastinating, go out there, and DO things man!
but of course remember not to be late (:


as usual, this is all part of personality-improvement so i will be heeding the same advice.
cheers once again to the holidays!




we are, crooked souls tryna' stay up straight
dry eyes in the pouring rain, when
the shadow proves the sunshine
the shadow proves the sunshine
two scared little runaways
hold fast till the break of daylight, where
the shadow proves the sunshine
the shadow proves the sunshine