Do you advance the time on your cell phone so you won't be late?

I've heard several people in videos commenting about using this technique to avoid being late for appointments and things like that. Claiming that they are rarely late because of this, In my opinion, this isn't the best idea because it creates an extreme sense of urgency, always being late, always worrying about the time, rushing around bumping into everything, Forgetting important things, non-constructive self-criticism, and that's just one of the things to point out. Does it work for you? Do you use it?

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lampshade202

The time on my phone was 20mins fast, which worked well for getting to places on time, but a client of mine complained as the timestamp on my emails I sent was also 20mins ahead…. something to bear in mind..

Souo.gabs

When I have an appointment or need to do something, I fill my phone with alarms for everything. That way, if everything has an alarm, I won't forget because it comes with a notification, it triggers me, and I remember to do what i need.

fAmDiHlDy

23h

I do this as well, I've got alarms for appointments but also daily and weekly rutines to remember since I don't see time well and also forget things.

jw2007

I’ve set my clocks 10->15->20 minutes fast (all the same time advanced at once, not 10 minutes on one clock, 20 minutes on another clock, etc.), and my brain knew what was up and I couldn’t fool it. It made me actually worse at leaving on time.

nataa

Yeah, I did that in college. I set the time on my phone forward 3 minutes, and it worked really well for me.

nataa

It's not a super long time, and I usually didn't think about whether it was real time or shifted forward.

emmB@

I think I would always ask myself : « Is it the real hour, or did I use « the trick » - so it means I still have 15 mn before going ? » What I use is the « transportation duration » (sorry if doesn’t mean anything, in French it’s « temps de trajet ») : and I take care to note a sufficient time on my calendar.

sonnek

That’s what I do, too, plus being serious about planning in some „buffer time“ to finish a task before I have to do something/be somewhere.

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