Moroccan Time is something that takes some getting used to as everyone just functions anywhere from 15 minutes to 10 hours late. From the beginning, I noticed the laid back attitude toward time, efficiency, and accomplishing tasks. It felt a bit like California and this concerned me a bit because "too laid back" and Priscilla gets comfortable and might just start adapting to her environment and function like a Moroccan.
The Moroccan time with work was not a big deal as I did not mind that things were not so rigid, but the Moroccan time with Apartment Hunting was a huge pain. If I had booked four appointments, I would end up having one at the end of the day because he was 2 hours late, did not show up, or canceled with lame excuses. One guy had me wait for him two hours and then said he was not showing up. Reviewing this incident, it probably would have been best to leave after one hour, but he pulled the "I'm coming in 5 minutes card," which means he was actually nowhere in the vicinity, but he kept me there thinking he was coming. Therefore, one can imagine apartment hunting was quite fun with all the time delays.
"But when in Rome, do like Romans. When in Morocco, do like Moroccans."
I am adapting to their flexible time schedules, but keeping my own schedule in place. The letting go of time definitely releases a big part of stress. When you are less rigid and worried about the time, you get your work completed, but on your own time. The sense of threat and urgency is released leaving you to just work and not focus excessively on time. You realize that "work is not the end all and be all of this world."
Thus far, an adaptation to the culture and a bit of self management works. Self management and self responsibility are the most important components for time management. If we have poor time management, the environment is a factor, but overall it is a reflection of ourselves. We can not place blame on a culture rather we have to accept responsibility, accept their way of functioning, and work around it. His holiness, The Dalai Lama, consistently comments on the essential principle of time management and I recall reading his daily routine and how it stayed the same for years and years. A healthy dose of consistency and positively impact our behaviors and create the change we seek over-time. PRIS
The Moroccan time with work was not a big deal as I did not mind that things were not so rigid, but the Moroccan time with Apartment Hunting was a huge pain. If I had booked four appointments, I would end up having one at the end of the day because he was 2 hours late, did not show up, or canceled with lame excuses. One guy had me wait for him two hours and then said he was not showing up. Reviewing this incident, it probably would have been best to leave after one hour, but he pulled the "I'm coming in 5 minutes card," which means he was actually nowhere in the vicinity, but he kept me there thinking he was coming. Therefore, one can imagine apartment hunting was quite fun with all the time delays.
"But when in Rome, do like Romans. When in Morocco, do like Moroccans."
I am adapting to their flexible time schedules, but keeping my own schedule in place. The letting go of time definitely releases a big part of stress. When you are less rigid and worried about the time, you get your work completed, but on your own time. The sense of threat and urgency is released leaving you to just work and not focus excessively on time. You realize that "work is not the end all and be all of this world."
Thus far, an adaptation to the culture and a bit of self management works. Self management and self responsibility are the most important components for time management. If we have poor time management, the environment is a factor, but overall it is a reflection of ourselves. We can not place blame on a culture rather we have to accept responsibility, accept their way of functioning, and work around it. His holiness, The Dalai Lama, consistently comments on the essential principle of time management and I recall reading his daily routine and how it stayed the same for years and years. A healthy dose of consistency and positively impact our behaviors and create the change we seek over-time. PRIS
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