Happy & Healthy
The 10 hysterical reasons why I am always late everywhere
I'm terribly sorry, but I always arrive late everywhere. Only if it's really, really important do I arrive on time. However, some people think that I do it on purpose, or that I have no respect for the appointment. Well, really not! See here, this is how it goes.
1. Unfortunately, I always underestimate the time I have to get to an appointment. Then I think that I can bike faster than I can (2.5 kilometers in 5 minutes for example, but I don't have an electric bike at all) or that the tram probably runs faster because, well, just because.
2. Often I realize just before I have to leave that I really don't look good. So there's nothing else to do but quickly put something else on. But that doesn't work either, because I actually never have anything to wear.
3. Okay. I absolutely cannot leave the house before I have tidied up. Because coming home to a mess is hell on earth for me. Unfortunately, it often suddenly becomes a huge mess at my place, so tidying up takes a while.
”Now, that's not so bad to witness yourself, but I say: you never know who you might bring in your wake”
4. I also absolutely cannot leave the house before my bed is made. You should know: when you stand in our hallway, you almost immediately look into the bedroom. And then you inevitably see my unmade bed. Now, that's not so bad to witness yourself, but I say: you never know who you might bring in your wake. It won't be the first time that an unexpected colleague or friend comes along to do something, OMG. And just imagine that person sees an unmade bed. That would be an incredible loss of decorum.
5. I often find out at the last minute that my phone is not charged. And with three percent battery, you can't get through the day, we all agree on that. Sure, sometimes you can charge your phone on-site, but in my life, that's often not an option. And so I often just decide to wait Very Anxiously next to the outlet.
6. Sometimes I suddenly get confused with makeup. Or: I decide to touch up my mascara, but then I put on way too much, it gets on my eyelid, and then I accidentally wipe all my eyelashes to one side. And well, then you really can't leave the house in my opinion.
7. I always lose my keys. They never hang where I hung them. I think there's a gnome who deliberately hides my keys. Such a very naughty gnome.
”Not taking into account the fact that you also have to dry, blow-dry, and style your hair”
8. This is embarrassing, but it is what it is. I often spend way too long Instagramming and Facebooking on the toilet/on the edge of the bed/on the couch/standing in the hallway. Because there are all these super cool and mega important things on there and oh well, then you just end up being late.
9. I lie in bed too long in the morning. Then I genuinely think I only need ten minutes to shower, get dressed, do my makeup, and find my keys, and I turn over for a bit longer.
10. A really important #fail: I decide to wash my hair against all agreements, even though I'm already late. Then I dutifully stand under the shower with a bun on low, but then I suddenly find it so terribly boring and dirty not to wash my hair that I end up doing it anyway. Not taking into account the fact that you also have to dry, blow-dry, and style your hair. Yes, can I help it if I end up being late? Should I go to people with unwashed hair?
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