Its OK to miss your flight.
OMFG I’m running late. My heart is pounding. I am pale. I do not know what to do.
I’ve never missed a flight in my entire life because of forgetting something or just not leaving early enough. Half a year ago I joined that club on both accounts.
The flight was to Cannes. The conference was MIPCOM. I am now planning MIPTV, so I need to heed some lessons:
What was the result of my panic?
- 4 speeding tickets (really)
- 1 bewildered coworker (I was Maverick, he was Goose) who I drove (quickly)
- 1 missed flight
The right thing to do was to drop off my coworker (which I ended up doing anyway, just much quicker). Calmly return to my apartment and rebook my ticket. I ended up doing that anyway… only I aged 7 years and lost more money in the process. In case you haven’t figured it out, I left my passport.
Here is the deal: IT IS OK IF YOU MISS YOUR FLIGHT. Sure, it is not a good thing to miss flights, but realize that there are always other planes and that at the end of the day your safety and nervous system are worth more.
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