I am Always Late

Being always late is a habit of many people around us. Usually, this habit starts forming in those times when we are teenagers and are learning to make decisions on our own. Some teenagers turn into chronic latecomers because they are just slow by their nature. Some teenagers are really overloaded with their daily activities, duties or responsibilities, so they are getting used to always running behind their schedules and being always late. Some teenagers are lazy and do not actually care about anything, they prefer spending their time playing PC games or watching TV shows thinking that they will always manage to escape responsibility for their life. There can be other factors and reasons causing this nasty habit in young people.

Those who are thinking that being chronically late is not a big deal and this habit will never bring to anything serous can check out the list below and think about it again. Is it worth to spend time for laziness or ding useless things if this can lead to quite serious problems? Do not underestimate the power of punctuality, and if you are having issue with this, go on reading.

1. By being always late you can easily lose your job. Certainly, your potential employer will not like you being late, and even your being on time for the first job interview may not save the situation. Being late for work means for the employers showing no respect to them, both professionally and personally.

2. By being always late you can lose your money. It is possible to pick a great deal of examples to illustrate this example. If you’re late, your tickets can be given away, your items can be sold , your food can be eaten and your place can be taken. You can miss some important events and opportunities, you can lose your chances and miss your good luck. Remember that making plans and learning how to follow them will help you avoid these situations and not to lose important things in your life.

3. By being always late you can lose your friends. Living or dealing with the people who are always late is extremely distressful, and quite a few of your true friend can be ready to endlessly wait for you being late for meeting, for lunch or for any other occasion. They can understand that you may have had other very important things to do, but if your habit of being always late affects their plans and their life, they will make a right choice and sooner or later try to eliminate you from their life.

4. By being always late you can lose your reputation. If you are always late, people will feel that they can not trust you, and it is very hard to achieve success in the life for those who do not evoke trust in others. Remember that this nasty habit can cost you a lot and turn your existence into a really miserable one.

Being a little late to a meeting or a date is considered quite possible for ladies. However, there are factors which actually can have effects on women’s mind making them respect and care about men way more. Will a woman be late to date with someone she respects and cares about? Less likely. So, what a man should be in order to have less chances to benefit from women’s punctuality, respect and love? According to the specialists at Columbia University, a man’s being overweight or just 5-feet tall is less important and means less to women than the size of the man’s wallet. Sounds too pragmatic? However, the richer the man the more attractive he is for today’s women, the scientists have found out.

According to the report of the specialists, written by Pierre-Andre Chiappori, the leader of the study, lonely people when looking for a partner, always ready for compromises. A a rule, when choosing a partner for life, two groups of factors are considered both for men and women: those are physical attractiveness and socio-economical attractiveness.  It was quite surprising for the scientists to find out that other factors like interests or sense of humor, have considerably less weight in evaluating a potential partner.

Moreover, the scientists went that far that attempted to create a mathematical formula to express the relation between body mass, body size and financial situation of a potential partner. It tuned out that for women, every 10 per cent of a man’s body mass can be compensated by as much as 2 per cent increase of the man’s annual income. In other words, a 6-foot man with body mass of about 80 kilos and annual income of hundred thousand dollars could have added 9 more kilos  to his body mass and compensate it with just 2 thousand dollars added to his annual income.

For men, along with physical factors of a possible life-partner such factor as the level of education plays a role. Less taller but more educated women still value very high in today’s men eyes. These interesting findings were received after interviewing about 665 modern American couples, with the assistance of the experts by the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Pierre-Andre Chiappori says: “Our findings tell us that physical appearance is not such a big deal, and it’s easy to compensate for.” Read more about this interesting research in one of the recent issues of the New York Post.

It can be not always true, but the fact is: the most of chronic latecomers, or those who are always late, are actually “owls”, or those who like staying awake till late night and then like sleeping till noon. In contrast to them, the “larks” are those who enjoy waking up early, starting their day early and never be late. At that, “owls” are usually late with starting their daily chores, packing their children to schools and leaving for work. In addition, specialists suppose that people who get up late are also more prone to depression, stresses, being overweight and suffering from anxiety than early risers.

A study by the experts of Roehampton University included studying the habits and questioning 1,068 adults about their lifestyle and feelings, has shown that those who wake up early usually feel more happy and successful in their life. Early risers have much better sleeping and eating habits, and are usually in a better physical shape than those who like waking up later. In the framework of the study, the group of “early risers” was defined as people who usually wake up at around 7 a.m., and the late risers were defined as those people who usually wake up at around 9 a.m.

“There are morning people and evening people, and morning people tend to be healthier and happier as well as having lower body mass indices,” Dr. Joerg Huber, one of the study leaders, says. “Maybe morning types are just better suited to this industrial world we are in than late risers.” The scientist underlines that there are certain benefits of being a late riser as well: for example, in those professions which require working in late hours. However, early risers are usually more fit, more punctual, more responsible and do better in their life.

Recently, the findings of two more interesting studies were published. According to a group of psychologists from California University, those of us who are workaholics have higher life expectancy and have a better sex life. The scientists suggest that those who get used to working hard are more resistive to stresses and problems at work, they are more attentive and focused on other people’s needs and feelings. The findings of the other study say that those who like watching TV till late night tend to skip breakfast and are more prone to having extra weight. This can be explained by snaking more while watching TV, resulting in being less hungry in the morning.