08/06/2026
Ask anyone who knows me, I’m almost always on time.
I grew up in a home with so much routine that everything was done at a specific time , like you wouldn’t just start making dinner at anytime , we ate at a certain time , woke up at a specific time and the gate and doors were locked at a specific time.
I took this into my adult life in all areas of my life , if we have a coffee date at 08am be sure to be at the cafe’ door at 08:00, if I need to go to the mall with my kids I tell them what time we leave.
I hated those rules so much growing up and they were so rigid , so I decided in my house there’s days a bit of flexibility where supper is a little later than the usual 6pm or earlier .
So people who get invited by me to our home know that lunch is always at 12pm and that’s it . If I’m invited I ask the host if the time on the invitation is the real time or African time because I have social awkwardness and I hate not knowing what to do with myself while waiting.
So keeping time for me is deep, it means I value your time and that you could have spent the time doing something else but chose to spend it with me , it means I respect you to not keep you waiting . I appreciate someone who will send me a text to say “Hi Boogie I’ll be 10mins late because of traffic “, I can use that ten minutes reading a chapter on my current read or make a phone call to someone I’ve been meaning to check up on .
I recently had to excuse myself from an organisation that I love that I was volunteering to mentoring young women because I found myself overcommitted and it didn’t feel right because there were times I couldn’t attend and my word is my honour and I felt like a fraud. Or I’ll be reporting that I’ll be joining late or have to leave early. It wasn’t okay , it didn’t sit well with my spirit so ja time is very important because we cannot recover it .
I use to take it personally and felt disrespected when someone kept me waiting , now I understand that respect is different for different people.
One thing about my clients when I have an appointment with them I can tell if they’ll make it on time or not before they even arrive . They’ll be puffing and huffing and I’ll be so chilled because why nine drama 😄, you knew you were supposed to be on time manje sowuyatatazela and I need you to calm down so that we can work . Angithi bowulele so Woza nobuvila bakho ungazenzi into esheshayo have the same laziness energy tu 😄
This reminds me of one of my clients who’s always late for everything at the retreats and she will take her time to bath and come waltzing in 😄and that’s who she is , she moves with ease nje she’s so unbothered, the unhealed version of me would have made it about me but kanti that’s her she’s got these beautiful big eyes that has some “ ndiyazazi ndizalwa ngobani “ energy . One thing I do I continue with the program asthole ngendlela unless we have to wait for her for prayer or meditation.
What are things that you used to make about you but realised with growth that they have absolutely nothing to do with you ?
Think about that and stop sweating the small stuff.
Lesedi Kganya 🙏🏾