Time and Attitude - How Well Do You Wait?

I'm not sure why I feel rushed today. There's really no reason. I'm actually a little (very little) bit early sitting down to write my blog this morning, but I feel as if there's a breath at the back of my neck telling me to hurry up, no time, must rush through. 

Life is a limited time special, so it seems as if we
should always hurry up. Sometimes living in the
fast lane means we don't take time for ourselves,
and that's something I would regret. So I try to
not hurry up too much. 

When those voices speak - the "hurry up" the "not enough time" and the "push it through no matter what" voices - they can lead to sloppy work, poor decisions, and major errors. These are the times when I take an etching out of the bath early and ruin the previous two hours of work. These are the times when I push a bit harder against the saw blade and end up with a chip that takes an extra amount of time to sand out (or makes the piece unusable for the planned purpose), and these are the times when I can let my temper and impatience take the better of me in heavy traffic - never a good idea when behind the wheel of any vehicle. 

Time is rarely actually on our side, but we can make it work
for us. We can multi-task, and we can take advantage of those
off-times to think things through in more detail. 

Impatience isn't always bad. Drumming my fingers while waiting for water to boil is also conducive to viewing the next twist in my latest chapter take place in my head. It can allow me to duplicate the rhythm from the latest song, or it can allow me to think of the colors I want to grab for my next project. Impatience can force me out of bed in the morning, and it's the clock ticking to remind me (sometimes somewhat firmly) that I don't have a clue about what I'm making for my solstice cards this year. (OOPS! Have to get going on that one.) 

It's funny how the locations we wait it make a
difference. Waiting next to a babbling brook is
much more pleasant than waiting in a waiting
room for a dental appointment. 

All of my life I've practiced patience, waiting casually (usually with a book in my hand because reading is essential to my life and off-time is the perfect time to read another page or thirty). I wait in offices for my appointment. I wait at stoplights (no book in hand for those times, though). I wait in lines for the movie or in the theater for the show to start. 

It's always now - not the past and not the future. Try
to make it the BEST now you possibly can for
yourself and the people who are around you. 

But there are the times when I take time into my own hands, and my own schedule rules. Between the time I awaken (ideally at 3:15 am, but sometimes earlier) and the time I leave for the gym (no later than 4:45 am), I force my brain to wake up. Between reading and answering emails and writing this daily blog, (whatever comes out of my subconscious for the day), I'm getting my thoughts in order. I'm telling my inner voices to work constructively. All things considered, they obey pretty well - LOL. Have a totally fabulous day and I'll return tomorrow for a VERY busy day. *sigh*