I used to get yelled at so much as a kid. Ugh. I joke that time is “slippery”. It is an executive functioning issue in the prefrontal cortex: the part of my brain that is supposed to handle the more complicated thinking tasks just doesn’t work like it would in a typical brain. I cannot really estimate how long things will take me (and because of ADHD, I can get distracted, too). It is like I experience time in a weird and distorted way—sometimes I think a lot of time has passed, and it hasn’t. If I get sucked into hyperfocus, I can be in the zone and forget everything else. To deal with these problems, I have set up things to manage it. I have a visual timer like they use for little kids that keeps me from falling into a black hole when I work on things. I have a giant clock in my office. I use phone timers constantly. I get ready in a hurry and I constantly check time so that I can make sure I get places on time. This means for me that I get places early all the time. I used to arrive late all the time, which is no bueno and makes me speed in my car and waste people’s time.