Patience

I have never been good at patience. My entire life I have been anticipating the next long term goal instead of acknowledging and appreciating the journey I have already accomplished. Therefore in junior high I couldn't wait for high school, in high school I couldn't wait for college and in college I couldn't wait until I graduated. Even now I suffer from my impatience--thinking about the next move of graduate school or even a new career path.

This impatient behavior has typically manifested itself in two ways in my life: First, my perspective has been primarily focused on what my end destination was and therefore I dwell in the fact that I was not currently in my desired destination; Second, since my "tunnel vision" was targeted on my desired end point, I sometimes have forgotten to address short term objectives that could possibly lead to fulfilling my end point--therefore I would just get overwhelmed by the thought of the big picture goal.

This has always been my problem with all aspects of life. Many times I have been too busy complaining about the present to enjoy what i have already accomplished. So how can I address this issue? More specifically how can I be patient in a city that is known for getting what you want now. I actually got some advice from a friend this weekend concerning this exact issue. He basically advised me to write out my plans for the next five years which would encourage me to actually address the short term objectives that would lead to my endpoint. If I pace myself for my goal I won't dwell in my depression that I haven't achieved my goal.

So now it's about keeping a steady pace...people have always told that life is not a sprint but more of a long distance race...so if I start breaking down this race into laps maybe this race will seem more achievable.