1. If you're going out and it's sunny, take suncream or a hat, even in England. Yes, you won't need it every time, but it's worth it to never need it and not have it. It really is. Ask yourself realistically, afterwards, which you would prefer.
2. It normally doesn't matter why you're late. If you're often late, and don't want to be, and are well enough to have luxury of doing so, you should give yourself more time. If you're not often late, people will assume you had a good reason. What particular went wrong this time is often interesting, and will often provide symapthy, but it normally doesn't make any especially difference to everyone else. This is why making excuses, whilst apparently logical, has a bad reputation. "..and then the flying panda..." "No. 'I'm running a little late, I'll see you at seven. That's what you say. That's ALL you say."
3. If you work on the computer, don't procrastinate on the computer.
4. If you feel like you're pretending, don't worry. Most other people are doing that too. If you keep putting up a persona of a confident, successful person -- why, then that's what you ARE. If you feel you're denying your true personality, don't worry, pick the best aspects of both and you will eventually become that.
2. It normally doesn't matter why you're late. If you're often late, and don't want to be, and are well enough to have luxury of doing so, you should give yourself more time. If you're not often late, people will assume you had a good reason. What particular went wrong this time is often interesting, and will often provide symapthy, but it normally doesn't make any especially difference to everyone else. This is why making excuses, whilst apparently logical, has a bad reputation. "..and then the flying panda..." "No. 'I'm running a little late, I'll see you at seven. That's what you say. That's ALL you say."
3. If you work on the computer, don't procrastinate on the computer.
4. If you feel like you're pretending, don't worry. Most other people are doing that too. If you keep putting up a persona of a confident, successful person -- why, then that's what you ARE. If you feel you're denying your true personality, don't worry, pick the best aspects of both and you will eventually become that.