Always Late

Always Late

I Am Always Late! Developing a Research Strategy to Break a Bad Day-To-Day Habit
“I’m late! I’m late, for a very important date!” (Carroll, 1865, p. 150).   The infamous words from the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland are completely relatable; if there was one problem in my day-to-day life that needed to change it would be that I am, 90% of the time, chronically late.   Despite my best intentions I just cannot ever seem to be on time.   I am, on average, at least 10-30 minutes late to almost everything; work, hair appointments, doctor appointments, meeting up with friends.   According to DeLonzor (2005, p. 109), “President Bill Clinton, Robert Redford and Naomi Campbell are all reputed members of the better-late-than-never club that also includes 20 percent of the U.S. population.”   I am obviously not alone concerning chronic lateness.   This has the potential to be a serious problem and it is one I need to do something about.   Where to start?   Coming up with a research strategy could be a good way to work though the problem.
Gathering Information
Once the problem is defined, information needs to be gathered to assist in solving the problem. Knowing where to obtain the information is an important step in developing a research strategy.   There is a wide variety of information available:   books, magazines, newspapers, video, reference books including encyclopedias, electronic library resources, and the Internet, to name a few (Carter, Bishop, & Kravits, 2007).   There are many ways to obtain information:   using the college library, conducting research on the Internet, or a combination of both (Carter, et al, 2007).   I decided to use both the online university library and the Internet.   I started off by using the electronic library at University of Phoenix.   Using the search field, I typed in key words for information relating to my problem, such as “always late,” “habitually late,” and “running late.”   The results came up with more than 151...