Patience is a Virtue

It’s fair to say that I’m a Type A personality. Being busy is a good thing. Ticking things off a to do list makes my heart sing. There is something very Zen in a nice tidy pile of things done. This is why I like to keep deadlines tight. When I give clients a time frame. they often seem surprised. “Really? That soon?” Yes. Really. What can I say, I’m just a masochist.

So imagine my consternation when I’m waiting on someone else. This is the situation I currently find myself in.

I’m very much someone who, having made a decision, has to execute it fairly promptly. We’re going to do a thing. OK. Let’s go. In fact, life is never that simple. Often other parties have to be gingered up. (It’s baffling to me that other people don’t move so speedily.) When I was a manager, this was less of a problem. It will be done this way and it will be done now. Working with other people is whole other matter entirely.

Other people have other things to do and I have to wait patiently for it to be my turn. When this is the very final step in a process it can drive me to distraction. Everything is ready to go but I just need to be patient. In the grand scheme of things, it’s not a serious issue. I’m not waiting on test results or someone else’s answer. I’m just waiting for someone to finish a job so that I can finish mine and have a nice neat pile of “done”

What do you find yourself waiting for today?

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