Being late is a symptom of the reluctance to change gear, where you don't want the current activity to end and start a new one. People like to be absorbed and lost in doing something, and abruptly stopping to do something else can be annoying for some.
It generally takes an external force, like someone waiting for us to make us change our gear and get moving.
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