People who manage to accomplish tons before going to scheduled events, etc…

[Anonymous]

This is my husband! Although he thinks he can fit it all in he's always late for everything because he does too much and seems unable to grasp that he doesn't have enough time. He think if he's early for anything it's time wasted. I'm early for everything and I like it that way, but I manage to get all the things done just not all at the same time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As I was reading I thought you were going to say the person did all that before a 9 am session. 2 pm? Yeah, most people could do all of that, plus run 3 miles and do a few loads of laundry.
What time do you wake up that you couldn't get all that done by 2 pm?

Agree. Not hard to do before 2pm. It’s 12:45 now and I’ve already gone to the gym, post office, done a load of laundry and reseeded the lawn and paid bills and changed the sheets on the beds. As it is, I feel like I haven’t done enough. I still have to make dinner and a few more chores before afternoon carpool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do you do it and make it to scheduled events on time?

Example: At a seminar and one of the people at my table had gone to the dry cleaners, grocery shopped, went to the dentist, grabbed donuts and coffee and was able to make a 2pm session.

I don’t know that with any amount of scheduling my day could run so concisely. Even if I start at 6am, I find that I am either cutting into running late or unable to accomplish a list of errands in full before going to something scheduled like that. Traffic also will slow down my day.

Are there just fast people and slow people in the world with time management? Is it the locations and distances? I think I just must move too slowly to get things done. I’ve encountered this before also where people come to a kids party after going to 5,6 places beforehand and can manage without being late.

I do all that and get to work at 830am.

[Anonymous]

I always considered myself an efficient and organized person, but once I had kids, efficiency and organization became my superpowers (I also work full time, as does my spouse, and we have no household help). It's the only way to keep the wheels from falling off.
What you described doesn't sound like that hard to pull off before a 2:00 event.

[Anonymous]

Op here. Thank you all and to respond to a few questions about my background. I work in Operations Management hence the Seminar and hilariously the fact that I cannot seem to “operate” my life into a swift enough order to accomplish multiple tasks🤣 I also work outside of the city but commute in and out including for things like medical appointments and dry cleaning which probably delays me on those days. Think Dentist in McLean, Office in Bethesda, home in AU Park. Add to that the fact that I have the issue of going to my old stomping grounds for things like cleaners and medical professionals which can be out of the way.

[Anonymous]

This will never be me. Errands before a 2 pm seminar? Heck no!

I need to arrive at the seminar by 1:30 or else I feel late and it gives me anxiety. So arriving by 1:30 means I need to leave by 12:45. Leaving at 12:45 means I need to eat lunch at 12. Eating lunch at 12 means I need to either make sure I eat breakfast before 7:30 or skip it altogether. Making sure I'm up early enough to eat breakfast by 7:30 stresses me out the night before so I don't sleep well. I wake up cranky and tired. The eggs taste too eggy and the toast won't get crisp enough. During the hours of 8 am to 11:30 am I sulk about having to even go to the seminar until I realize if I don't get my butt in gear, I'm going to show up looking a hot mess.

See? Could never be me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This will never be me. Errands before a 2 pm seminar? Heck no!

I need to arrive at the seminar by 1:30 or else I feel late and it gives me anxiety. So arriving by 1:30 means I need to leave by 12:45. Leaving at 12:45 means I need to eat lunch at 12. Eating lunch at 12 means I need to either make sure I eat breakfast before 7:30 or skip it altogether. Making sure I'm up early enough to eat breakfast by 7:30 stresses me out the night before so I don't sleep well. I wake up cranky and tired. The eggs taste too eggy and the toast won't get crisp enough. During the hours of 8 am to 11:30 am I sulk about having to even go to the seminar until I realize if I don't get my butt in gear, I'm going to show up looking a hot mess.

See? Could never be me.

Uhh, are you actively treating your anxiety?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do you do it and make it to scheduled events on time?

Example: At a seminar and one of the people at my table had gone to the dry cleaners, grocery shopped, went to the dentist, grabbed donuts and coffee and was able to make a 2pm session.

I don’t know that with any amount of scheduling my day could run so concisely. Even if I start at 6am, I find that I am either cutting into running late or unable to accomplish a list of errands in full before going to something scheduled like that. Traffic also will slow down my day.

Are there just fast people and slow people in the world with time management? Is it the locations and distances? I think I just must move too slowly to get things done. I’ve encountered this before also where people come to a kids party after going to 5,6 places beforehand and can manage without being late.

By 2pm? That doesn't even seem like that much.

OP, it takes you 8+ hours to pick up something from dry cleaners, grocery shop, go to the dentist, and pickup donuts???

[Anonymous]

OP, do you have ADHD? I do and you may have Time Blindness or go into what I call “waiting mode”. As a person with ADHD, I am hyper vigilant about never being late to appointments. The downside is that sometimes I go into “waiting mode” and I can’t start anything for fear of losing track of time and missing the appointment.

Between meds and having kids, I can now do many things before the actual thing. Having kids = I have no choice but to get things done when I can.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. Thank you all and to respond to a few questions about my background. I work in Operations Management hence the Seminar and hilariously the fact that I cannot seem to “operate” my life into a swift enough order to accomplish multiple tasks🤣 I also work outside of the city but commute in and out including for things like medical appointments and dry cleaning which probably delays me on those days. Think Dentist in McLean, Office in Bethesda, home in AU Park. Add to that the fact that I have the issue of going to my old stomping grounds for things like cleaners and medical professionals which can be out of the way.

The commute is an issue. If I lived in Bethesda I would never have a dentist in McLean, what a waste. Go to the services near your house or your work, wherever you are more reliably.
If everything is local, there's no issue hitting the dry cleaner and grocery right after the dentist, and being home by lunch to switch gears for the seminar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As I was reading I thought you were going to say the person did all that before a 9 am session. 2 pm? Yeah, most people could do all of that, plus run 3 miles and do a few loads of laundry.
What time do you wake up that you couldn't get all that done by 2 pm?

Right? I could do all of those things by 9:30am. Unless you live in the boonies and every errand is 20 min apart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a good sense of time, hate being late so usually have a buffer. I get a lot done but I am NOT good at filling those times where I am waiting on something rather than something waiting on me. I need to get better at that. Answer some texts, pay some bills, etc. Any ideas?

I use an app called ToDoist and I keep a list of things I call “Time Confetti”
When in doubt, delete or file emails and unsubscribe from things you don’t need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do you do it and make it to scheduled events on time?

Example: At a seminar and one of the people at my table had gone to the dry cleaners, grocery shopped, went to the dentist, grabbed donuts and coffee and was able to make a 2pm session.

I don’t know that with any amount of scheduling my day could run so concisely. Even if I start at 6am, I find that I am either cutting into running late or unable to accomplish a list of errands in full before going to something scheduled like that. Traffic also will slow down my day.

Are there just fast people and slow people in the world with time management? Is it the locations and distances? I think I just must move too slowly to get things done. I’ve encountered this before also where people come to a kids party after going to 5,6 places beforehand and can manage without being late.

That all seems like a very reasonable amount of things to do before 2pm.

Dry cleaners take all of 2 minutes
Grocery shopping takes at most an hour (really depends on what they're buying)
Dentist takes 30 minutes
Donuts & coffee takes 5 minutes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This will never be me. Errands before a 2 pm seminar? Heck no!

I need to arrive at the seminar by 1:30 or else I feel late and it gives me anxiety. So arriving by 1:30 means I need to leave by 12:45. Leaving at 12:45 means I need to eat lunch at 12. Eating lunch at 12 means I need to either make sure I eat breakfast before 7:30 or skip it altogether. Making sure I'm up early enough to eat breakfast by 7:30 stresses me out the night before so I don't sleep well. I wake up cranky and tired. The eggs taste too eggy and the toast won't get crisp enough. During the hours of 8 am to 11:30 am I sulk about having to even go to the seminar until I realize if I don't get my butt in gear, I'm going to show up looking a hot mess.

See? Could never be me.

Yikes! Are you treating your anxiety? This is no where near normal.

I get planning and starting with a set time and working backwards, but this is not normal.

[Anonymous]

I can go either way. There are days when I’ve exercised, showered, walked kids to school, got ingredients and done dinner prep, booked an Airbnb, and submitted a project report all before a client call at 10am. Key is to just keep doing.

But there are plenty of days that I am unproductive and I’ve been procrastinating for 3 years about figuring out what I need to do to get a second ezpass. The list you gave is actually an “easy” one to me - all stuff that can be done out running errands and easy to motivate for.