Early for Interview.. But One Hour Late

Time-blindness is one of my worst ADHD traits, so hopefully you can see where this story is going to go. I usually compensate by showing up an hour early, but that didn't work today.

I had an assessment day today, which is where a company pulls together multiple candidates, shoves them in a room, and makes them do group based activities to evaluate their skills and competence for the role. I had it in my calendar for 10am-2pm.

So I get up this morning and get ready.. for 11am. Yep. Despite checking several times my brain had blipped overnight and moved the time back. I didn't realise until I was on the bus all smug thinking that I had 45 minutes to spare, glanced down at the email on my phone, and saw 10am. I was 15 minutes late.

My heart sank and I got off the bus at the next stop, walked to the nearest café, and cried in the bathroom for 20 minutes. I was unable to pull myself together enough to show up late and ultimately ended up getting the first bus back home. It is such a ridiculous mistake and could probably compete for one of the worst I've made in my life. The worst part is I didn't forget anything for once, would have been early for 11am, and even felt confident for once.

It sucks. I've lost a fairly decent job role from it, but we live and we learn. I've now given my Dad the role of honorary timekeeper to make sure this never happens again. Moral of the story, there's no such thing as checking your calendar & emails too much lol.