Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is to figure out how to wait. Being
Speaker 1: able to wait well can help make any situation feel
Speaker 1: like less of a waste of time. So, like almost everyone,
Speaker 1: I hate waiting, but sometimes it's inevitable, and sometimes it's
Speaker 1: in the service of cool things. I'm thinking here of
Speaker 1: a trip I took to Yellowstone National Park with my
Speaker 1: older three children. Yellowstone is known for its geysers. Old
Speaker 1: Faithful is famous for being well faithful. It goes off
Speaker 1: every ninety one minutes on average, plus or minus about
Speaker 1: ten minutes. Other geysers have a much long window of possibility.
Speaker 1: My kids really wanted to see the Grand Geyser, which
Speaker 1: promised to be grand, but the eruption window was some
Speaker 1: time between five and six pm. So we got to
Speaker 1: the geyser at four fifty five on a frigid afternoon,
Speaker 1: and there we sat. I had my phone but almost
Speaker 1: no reception, plus my hands were too cold to take
Speaker 1: the phone out of my pockets. So how should I
Speaker 1: spend this uncertain quantity of time? In this case, I
Speaker 1: chatted with the kids and I walked around, partly to
Speaker 1: keep myself warm, but also because movement is a good
Speaker 1: way to make time pass while improving mood. It worked,
Speaker 1: and of course all time passes. Eventually the wait time
Speaker 1: was going to be over. The guys are erupted around
Speaker 1: five fifty p m. And it was indeed spectacular, grand
Speaker 1: even definitely worth the weight. We all wind up waiting
Speaker 1: sometimes for something. On that same trip, we got stuck
Speaker 1: behind a bison on the road. He was waddling along
Speaker 1: at his own pace, and no power on Earth was
Speaker 1: going to move him. We wait for planes, We wait
Speaker 1: for water to boil. When possible, it's best to have
Speaker 1: something to read or something to listen to. An hour
Speaker 1: passes pleasantly with a nice podcast. My kids and I
Speaker 1: sometimes look at old pictures on our phones together that
Speaker 1: we can do even with no reception. Another person who
Speaker 1: is waiting with you might be engaged in pleasant conversation.
Speaker 1: Try asking about favorite memories and letting the other person talk.
Speaker 1: Active listening can make a wait go by. Quickly, close
Speaker 1: your eyes and think of happy memories. Close your eyes
Speaker 1: and meditate on a single word, or walk around if
Speaker 1: you can, but ask yourself this question, what can I
Speaker 1: do during this waiting time that would make me happier
Speaker 1: than I was before? It's often hard to do. We
Speaker 1: all get impatient yep, even at a bison, or more specifically,
Speaker 1: at the people who didn't pass the bison when he
Speaker 1: moved to the side of the road because they wanted
Speaker 1: to get pictures. But waiting can be tolerable or even
Speaker 1: slightly pleasant if we try so. Today. Think of ways
Speaker 1: you might pass time when you need to. What would
Speaker 1: make any waiting better. Have this option ready and you
Speaker 1: might just stop wishing time away in the meantime. This
Speaker 1: is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making the
Speaker 1: most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear
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