Work advice: Why are my clients so flakey all the sudden? No one can show up for a meeting on time.

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Dear Good Job,

I am self-employed and meet with clients individually for a specialized type of personal coaching. I’ve been doing this work for 15 years and typically have a full schedule, sometimes with a waitlist for new clients. While I’ve always had the occasional flaky client who has difficulty making it to appointments, this problem has become MUCH worse in recent years, to the point that I am stunned by the frequency of same-day cancellations, no shows, and last-minute requests for reschedules! One example from a client: “I made a scheduling mistake, can we move tomorrow’s session to another time that same day?” No, we canno