Time Efficiency: A Workaholic’s Best Asset
- Tuesday, July 20 2010 @ 04:30 pm
- Contributed by: DatingBlogger
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If you’re a workaholic, you know how valuable your time is and exactly how to use it. It’s probably why you turned to online dating in the first place -- to save time from bad dates by utilizing the high defined searches and developing a finely tuned method of weeding out the duds. But once you’ve found someone you’re interested in, how do you work in dating around your busy schedule? Here are some tips for the inexperienced:
1.) The first step is always to accept that you’re a workaholic. Once you realize that your busy schedule doesn’t naturally leave time for dating, you will be better able to recognize this fact and then prioritize around it. Make sure you give yourself the free time you need -- while there’s nothing wrong with being driven, if it is negatively affecting your life, it’s time to schedule some time off and have fun.
2.) Schedule easy dates close to your office -- at a local coffee shop or deli, for instance. The less out of your way you have to travel to meet, the more likely you’ll be able to keep the date.
3.) Turn off your phone while you’re out! If you’re texting and emailing on your phone through the entire date, it doesn’t count as a date anymore; you’re still working. While you’re out, it is important to be responsive to your partner and put everything else on pause for a moment. While it may be difficult, it is extremely rude and disrespectful to be on your phone while out.
4.) Tell your date you’re a workaholic. If they know you have a really hectic schedule, it will accomplish two important things: 1.) understand that your behavior is not a personal slight against them, but a product of your job and 2.) help them decide whether or not they would like to continue dating a workaholic. Full disclosure is a must when dating and if you’re frank with your partner about your shortcomings, they will respect your honesty.
5.) Try to understand the situation from your date’s perspective. Although it’s easy to get caught up in your own life, priorities, and work, remember that everyone has a busy schedule and that your date’s time is just as valuable as yours. If you need to cancel, do so ahead of time so they don’t stand around waiting for you. Expressing empathy and consideration for your date will help you understand their feelings and, in turn, fulfill their needs as well as your own in the process.
1.) The first step is always to accept that you’re a workaholic. Once you realize that your busy schedule doesn’t naturally leave time for dating, you will be better able to recognize this fact and then prioritize around it. Make sure you give yourself the free time you need -- while there’s nothing wrong with being driven, if it is negatively affecting your life, it’s time to schedule some time off and have fun.
2.) Schedule easy dates close to your office -- at a local coffee shop or deli, for instance. The less out of your way you have to travel to meet, the more likely you’ll be able to keep the date.
3.) Turn off your phone while you’re out! If you’re texting and emailing on your phone through the entire date, it doesn’t count as a date anymore; you’re still working. While you’re out, it is important to be responsive to your partner and put everything else on pause for a moment. While it may be difficult, it is extremely rude and disrespectful to be on your phone while out.
4.) Tell your date you’re a workaholic. If they know you have a really hectic schedule, it will accomplish two important things: 1.) understand that your behavior is not a personal slight against them, but a product of your job and 2.) help them decide whether or not they would like to continue dating a workaholic. Full disclosure is a must when dating and if you’re frank with your partner about your shortcomings, they will respect your honesty.
5.) Try to understand the situation from your date’s perspective. Although it’s easy to get caught up in your own life, priorities, and work, remember that everyone has a busy schedule and that your date’s time is just as valuable as yours. If you need to cancel, do so ahead of time so they don’t stand around waiting for you. Expressing empathy and consideration for your date will help you understand their feelings and, in turn, fulfill their needs as well as your own in the process.
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