7 Signs You're Probably a "Last Minute" Person

I'm talking about "last minute" people in this one. (I think the word is: procrastinators.)

LAST MINUTE NOT ALL BAD

And let me just say at the outset that it's not always a bad thing that you wait until the last minute.

I mean, football and basketball players do it all the time. Right? They wait until the end of the game to kick the winning field goal. They wait until the last second to sink the winning shot.

So if you're a "last minute" person, you remember that. You just might have a career ahead of you playing for the San Francisco 49ers or Los Angeles Lakers.

A SIGN OF SELFISHNESS

And it is true that being a "last minute" person (back to the bad sense now) is really a sign of selfishness. Here's what I mean.

When you do things at the last minute and other people pay for it (in waiting for you or having to endure with your bad attitude because you're stressed or lousy work on your part), that's selfish. That's focusing on yourself.

That's saying your time is more important than others' time (when you show up late and everybody else has to wait).

That's saying I deserve to have a bad attitude since I can't get everything done (and it's really because I waited until the last minute) and I don't care about how I make others feel by it. That's focusing on yourself.

That's saying deal with my lousy work. I had more important things to do than give my best to this project or to meet that deadline with a job well done. That's selfish.

UNDERMINES RELATIONSHIPS

And you bring everybody else around you down when you're a "last minute" person. (They can't count on you.) And you're actually undermining relationships, too. (You are.)

Nobody wants to be around a "last minute" person who's always frustrated or flying off the handle or running around like a chicken with their head cut off expecting everyone else to pick up the slack. Right?

That said, here are:

7 Signs You're Probably a "Last Minute" Person: 

1. You've gotten a speeding ticket in the last 6 months.
2. You're regularly late to events, meetings, etc.
3. You're impatient with people who are "holding you up."
4. You leave the house with toothpaste on your face.
5. You have deodorant splotches on your shirt.
6. You leave the house with your dress tucked in your nylons.
7. You pull an all-nighter to prepare for your next day's final at school.

BONUS You shop on Christmas Eve. :)

You might also be interested in: 7 Things to Keep in Mind When You Feel “Violated” 7 Things You Can Do to Become a More Unselfish Person

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