I consider myself as a polychron person for several reasons. First of all, because of the Latin culture in which I was born. Time is not the most important factor in terms of relationships, interaction with society, or development of activities. Second one, I like to do several things at the same time in order to advance much faster with my intellectual, social, and personal growing.
Also, punctuality is not relevant in my life, I prefer to attend the content of a meeting or class without take care the time.
As a polychron person, I have many distractions at the moment in which I am doing something, distractions like music, internet, social events, etc.
Finally, I would like to say that priority of things is very important to me, I mean, when I have a plan (in terms of having fun or relationships) but suddenly appear something much more important or relevant in my job or study, I change the plans and I focus in the priority.
I could say that sometimes I am monochron, like many people would say the same thing, but in the mostly part of my life the time does not enough relevance.
Carlos,
ReplyDeleteI agree; I believe that no one is absolutely one way or the other, but I do believe this is a useful category to think about. It helps to establish understanding and talking points when cultural expectations for time are not met.