{"id":5701,"date":"2013-12-27T15:49:02","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T07:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=5701"},"modified":"2013-12-27T15:49:02","modified_gmt":"2013-12-27T07:49:02","slug":"why-youre-usually-late-and-sometimes-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2013\/12\/27\/why-youre-usually-late-and-sometimes-early\/","title":{"rendered":"Why you&#039;re usually late (and sometimes early)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever noticed that, when you&#8217;re hurrying through your daily routine, you always seem late? Ever wonder why, when you go somewhere new and unfamiliar, you&#8217;re always the first at the door? It&#8217;s the well-traveled road effect, and it messes with your head.<br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re the person who always arrives late for regular events, there might be an explanation that doesn&#8217;t involve a major character flaw. When you first try to drive &#8211; or walk &#8211; a new road, you&#8217;re on the alert. You&#8217;re double-checking your directions. You&#8217;re peering around looking for scenery markers or ambiguous intersections. You are paying close attention, and so every moment of your trip stretches out. It seems to take a long time.<br \/>\nAfter the third or fourth time making the trip, the time it takes to travel seems to shrink. You&#8217;re used to the road and perhaps you know its quirks and shortcuts.<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/why-youre-usually-late-and-sometimes-early-1489026185?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&amp;utm_source=io9_facebook&amp;utm_medium=socialflow\">Why you&#8217;re usually late (and sometimes early)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever noticed that, when you&#8217;re hurrying through your daily routine, you always seem late? Ever wonder why, when you go somewhere new and unfamiliar, you&#8217;re always the first at the door? It&#8217;s the well-traveled road effect, and it messes with your head. If you&#8217;re the person who always arrives late for regular events, there might &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2013\/12\/27\/why-youre-usually-late-and-sometimes-early\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why you&#039;re usually late (and sometimes early)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reposts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}