This month, I was going to resolve to work on all of the little habits I have that I know annoy my husband.  Then, I realized that February is a short month and perhaps I need to be more realistic.  So I chose one.  The one that is the main burr under his saddle, barb on his wire, popcorn kernel in his teeth: my penchant for being late.  Always.  When it came to work? I was always on time or early for meetings.  Others being late was a huge pet peeve of mine.  But in my personal life?  Late for everything.

I’m not late because I don’t value others’ time.  I am late due to poor planning.  I never leave myself enough time to complete everything I must in order to get out the door.  I try to rationalize that my husband merely throws on semi-clean clothes and maybe combs his hair and is then ready to go while I have to plan for bottles and snacks for the kids as well as put on some make up and tame my hair.  That excuse might fly if it hadn’t been the same long before the children came along.

My action steps for this month:

• Start preparing 15 minutes earlier than I think I need to
• Give my husband a realistic estimate of how much longer it will be before I am ready to leave the house
• For scheduled events, set a reminder in Outlook to go off 2 hours prior
• Ask my husband for assistance in getting the children ready so that we can all leave the house on time
• Give my husband permission to prod me along if I get sidetracked when getting ready to go some where

I know my resolution article on not being late is late but I only promised to try and be on time for my husband!

What is habit of yours makes your husband the most crazy?  Is it something you are willing to try and change?

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