Worklore #7: The Bus Stop Syndrome

Think about whether you've ever experienced this situation:

You're at a bus stop, waiting for your bus to arrive. It doesn't; but you keep waiting. Long minutes pass, until you actually start getting a little late for whatever it is that you wanted to get to. The crowd at the bus stop thins as other persons waiting with you get fed up and move out to seek other alternatives. You look at your watch and fume, but you're reluctant to go anywhere, since you’ve already been waiting so long. “Just a little longer,” you tell yourself. Soon, it’s too late. You can’t go anymore to that event or appointment or whatever; so, depressed, you get into a taxi and go home.

I call this the Bus Stop Syndrome. Don’t become a victim of it. Explore your options before your time runs out, or before it becomes too late. Just because something has been happening (or not happening) to you for a long time, doesn’t mean things have to stay that way. Explore that alternative: take your decision now, and move.