why is waiting the most productive part
of my day sounds counterintuitive
doesn’t it so let me explain first I
would like to start by asking you have
you ever asked yourself these questions
before is it the end of the month
already or where did my summer go or
have you ever said my vacation went by
too quickly do people come to you on
Monday mornings asking you what you did
over the weekend and you have a hard
time remembering the things you did you
know you did something but for some
reason it doesn’t come to your mind as
quickly as it probably should especially
when it’s on Monday and the weekend just
ended the night before I know I have
many times and I know I’m not alone why
do our summer vacations feel like they
went by too fast we were there for four
months of our summer our seven day
vacation sleeping in going to the beach
and as for the weekend why are we
drawing a blank
especially if it just ended yesterday
when the resulting feelings we get from
these situations it’s a feeling that our
memory isn’t very good or it’s getting
worse
along with memory another feeling we
experience is that time goes by too
quickly which makes us feel robbed of
our precious leisure time if we had the
memory we wanted to so we could remember
these events and if we felt that as
though time was going by slow enough so
with the experience our seven day
vacation we would feel more fulfilled
and in turn happier memory time and
Happiness are all missing in these
situations but before experience the
reasons why we experienced this first
let’s put these three factors aside for
now and let’s talk about waiting waiting
is an emotional one that brings stress
boredom anger and nagging sensation
feeling that we’re wasting our life away
the last thing we want to do with our
dwindling leisure time is wasted in
static and stillness while thinking of I
could be doing something so much better
so where do we wait we wait in traffic
airports
my amusement parts concerts grocery
stores public transit on planes
elevators doctors offices at restaurants
on the line with customer service for
bookings and credit cards and I could go
on and the lists and the lines aren’t
getting any shorter so how much do we
wait although it varies depending on the
source the average person spends between
3 & 6 years of their lifetime waiting
this number also varies depending on the
metropolitan area in which you live
however with the growing population
especially in cities where most of us
reside we wait a lot you probably wait
to come into this room today
if only that one thing we were waiting
for was worth it every single time like
this event that wait one feels so
terrible but I can assure you waiting at
the doctor’s office for my PAP exam
certainly wasn’t worth the wait so as
much as we wish we could avoid the liens
or eliminate them altogether we must
endure them but we do find ways to make
it less painful so think about what
you’re doing when you’re waiting most
often not we’re pulling out our phone to
play games listen music talk with
someone read the news or watch
television to be one in the waiting room
very rarely does our wait time not
involve some sort of distraction as
you’ve seen we spent a large part of our
lifetime waiting we’ve had a lot of
practice using these distractions to our
advantage and because they’re so
effective we use them in many other
situations other than leading they’re
used during the difficult times such as
breakups or mourning a loss or on the
cardio machine or in traffic where time
seems to be at a standstill
and although these distractions are
incredibly effective and helpful during
these times to our demise these
distractions are the reason for our
speed of time our memory and our
happiness let’s think about it because
distractions are purposely used to fill
in time help speed up the mundane tasks
help us forget and refocus our attention
off our surroundings and the incredibly
slow ticking clock the outcomes of
distracting are correlated and
experienced the same way when you find
yourself wondering why you have a hard
time remembering what you did last
weekend or why your summer vacations
feel like they went by too quickly
distractions even when we’re not
intentionally distracting ourselves like
pulling out our phone at the doctor’s
office we do this more than we think
without realizing we’re doing it we’ve
grown accustomed to the habits of
distracting that they’ve spilled over
into the moments that we want to
remember and experience fully ever since
I’ve graduated from university my career
has required a lot of travel often times
around forty five weeks a year so I
spent countless hours of my time in
taxis airports planes and hotels during
the start of my career I also started my
life long battles with my health
conditions where I spent many days and
nights and doctors and hospital waiting
rooms around the country because I spent
so much of my time waiting and I think
it’s safe to say a little bit more than
the average person I was using
distractions all the time to help time
go by faster and to help me forget where
I was and because these distractions
were so effective I started using them
all the time I was using them in between
and during movies in the restroom when
waking up before bed while cooking
cleaning training or while driving any
free second I had between work gym or
friends I was pulling out my phone after
a few years of falling this routine I
started quickly losing touch of my time
my memory and my
happiness I didn’t know who’s going on
though after all I had my condo my
friends my career everything but still
something didn’t feel quite right so I
started researching into this big time
on why this was happening I found
articles videos and blogs on yoga being
able to help you achieve mental strength
emotional well-being and happiness I
would countless research on all the
benefits the word of meditation I even
went to see the Dalai Lama in Los
Angeles hoping I could learn something
how to be present and live in the moment
for those who have heard of this before
of the mental and emotional benefits
from practicing yoga and meditation have
you set time aside to practice this for
those who are hearing about this today
do you see yourself setting time aside
from your busy schedule to practice yoga
or meditation I knew for me I tried
everything but still couldn’t schedule
in enough time to receive any benefits
to these practices so I decided to use
my wait time to slow me down I weight a
lot and I certainly can’t control it but
I can control what I’m doing while I do
it and that’s exactly what I started
doing I started practicing stopping the
unnecessary distractions and spent my
waiting time trying to be completely and
fully present in that moment I don’t
have a choice but to wait while waiting
I’m not distracted with work with gym
with friends or any electronics this is
the perfect opportunity for me to stop
slow down and observe my surroundings
with time practicing this routine I
quickly realized what the underlying
problem was for my negative feelings
distractions it’s no wonder I felt my
memory in my time and my happiness
dwindling away I was using them all the
time it was a very clear and powerful
moment when I realized this because this
is what I knew I had to change so I not
only stopped using distractions while
waiting
I stopped using them in between meals in
the restroom at work at the gym when
cooking when cleaning after some time
practicing this routine I received Allah
has a same benefits that yoga and
meditating brain without having to
change much my routine I started
regaining my mental strength and memory
I started feeling happier because I
could remember and experience fully all
the great moments in my life I started
feeling more productive because I wasn’t
distracted and can sit still and focus
for a longer period when someone would
ask me what I did over the weekend
I remember faster and in more detail
because I wasn’t using any distractions
that was causing my mind to be somewhere
else or causing my time to go by too
fast I finally found something that
worked for me and I finally saw results
you should take some time to sit down
and think about your own life and what
you’re doing when you’re waiting picture
what you’re doing when you first wake up
before bed in the restroom while cooking
cleaning or while driving when was the
last time you sat down at the dinner
table with your friends and family or
even by yourself to eat your meal and
you didn’t pull out your phone or turn
on the television if in most of these
situations you’re using distractions I
could almost guarantee you’re using them
way more often than just these
situations like I was you’re using them
during your weekends your summers and
your vacations and like me you may be
too busy to meditate or do yoga but you
can find other ways that work for you
because waiting is inevitable and as we
can see make it up a large part of our
life you can use this time to practice
stopping the unnecessary distractions
that are eating up your time your memory
and your happiness this practice will
help you stay conscious of your actions
and with time you will find yourself
stopping reaching for your phone or
turning on the television at any free
moment you have so try try and create a
positive experience from these tenuous
unavoidable tasks such as waiting
to help you feel more grateful and to
help you remember and experience all the
great moments in your life we may never
be as present and happy as the Dalai
Lama also keep in mind he meditates
around five hours a day but we do have a
finish I’m a fitness competitor I do
female bodybuilding and I’ve been
involved in the sport for years if you
don’t think I look like this you’re
right although that would be pretty cool
I compete in a category that is most
similar to the natural female form so
when competing for the stage you’re
often dieting for about three or four
months at a time
to reach a specific physique with lean
muscle body fat vascularity and posing
and although I would say a good 90
percent of the time this sport is
actually very healthy of that 10 percent
unhealthy part is when you’re on stage
because at this point you’re quite
nutrient and water depleted the other
unhealthy part is when the competition
is over and you indulge in all those
foods that you’ve been drinking about
four months we call these cheat meals
and after competitions they can last for
days turning into cheat weeks so for me
my designated food after competitions
are cinnamon buns and although I would
say I love celebrating with my friends
and loved ones when my competitions are
over when it’s time to eat my cinnamon
buns I always eat them alone weird right
my friends and family certainly think so
but for me I don’t want to be distracted
with people or electronics because it’s
gone before I can even taste it I always
find myself going to reach for more it’s
all gone and I’m thinking that I only
had one bite where’s the rest of it if
people are around me or I’m on my phone
or watching television I’m too
distracted and I never truly end up
appreciating and tasting that cinnamon
I’ve lived and learned and now I eat
them alone just think of your life as
your cinnamon bun that you never
actually taste fully because of
distractions it’s a shame because that
cinnamon bun is so so good I wouldn’t
know I eat them along with my undivided attention
of my day sounds counterintuitive
doesn’t it so let me explain first I
would like to start by asking you have
you ever asked yourself these questions
before is it the end of the month
already or where did my summer go or
have you ever said my vacation went by
too quickly do people come to you on
Monday mornings asking you what you did
over the weekend and you have a hard
time remembering the things you did you
know you did something but for some
reason it doesn’t come to your mind as
quickly as it probably should especially
when it’s on Monday and the weekend just
ended the night before I know I have
many times and I know I’m not alone why
do our summer vacations feel like they
went by too fast we were there for four
months of our summer our seven day
vacation sleeping in going to the beach
and as for the weekend why are we
drawing a blank
especially if it just ended yesterday
when the resulting feelings we get from
these situations it’s a feeling that our
memory isn’t very good or it’s getting
worse
along with memory another feeling we
experience is that time goes by too
quickly which makes us feel robbed of
our precious leisure time if we had the
memory we wanted to so we could remember
these events and if we felt that as
though time was going by slow enough so
with the experience our seven day
vacation we would feel more fulfilled
and in turn happier memory time and
Happiness are all missing in these
situations but before experience the
reasons why we experienced this first
let’s put these three factors aside for
now and let’s talk about waiting waiting
is an emotional one that brings stress
boredom anger and nagging sensation
feeling that we’re wasting our life away
the last thing we want to do with our
dwindling leisure time is wasted in
static and stillness while thinking of I
could be doing something so much better
so where do we wait we wait in traffic
airports
my amusement parts concerts grocery
stores public transit on planes
elevators doctors offices at restaurants
on the line with customer service for
bookings and credit cards and I could go
on and the lists and the lines aren’t
getting any shorter so how much do we
wait although it varies depending on the
source the average person spends between
3 & 6 years of their lifetime waiting
this number also varies depending on the
metropolitan area in which you live
however with the growing population
especially in cities where most of us
reside we wait a lot you probably wait
to come into this room today
if only that one thing we were waiting
for was worth it every single time like
this event that wait one feels so
terrible but I can assure you waiting at
the doctor’s office for my PAP exam
certainly wasn’t worth the wait so as
much as we wish we could avoid the liens
or eliminate them altogether we must
endure them but we do find ways to make
it less painful so think about what
you’re doing when you’re waiting most
often not we’re pulling out our phone to
play games listen music talk with
someone read the news or watch
television to be one in the waiting room
very rarely does our wait time not
involve some sort of distraction as
you’ve seen we spent a large part of our
lifetime waiting we’ve had a lot of
practice using these distractions to our
advantage and because they’re so
effective we use them in many other
situations other than leading they’re
used during the difficult times such as
breakups or mourning a loss or on the
cardio machine or in traffic where time
seems to be at a standstill
and although these distractions are
incredibly effective and helpful during
these times to our demise these
distractions are the reason for our
speed of time our memory and our
happiness let’s think about it because
distractions are purposely used to fill
in time help speed up the mundane tasks
help us forget and refocus our attention
off our surroundings and the incredibly
slow ticking clock the outcomes of
distracting are correlated and
experienced the same way when you find
yourself wondering why you have a hard
time remembering what you did last
weekend or why your summer vacations
feel like they went by too quickly
distractions even when we’re not
intentionally distracting ourselves like
pulling out our phone at the doctor’s
office we do this more than we think
without realizing we’re doing it we’ve
grown accustomed to the habits of
distracting that they’ve spilled over
into the moments that we want to
remember and experience fully ever since
I’ve graduated from university my career
has required a lot of travel often times
around forty five weeks a year so I
spent countless hours of my time in
taxis airports planes and hotels during
the start of my career I also started my
life long battles with my health
conditions where I spent many days and
nights and doctors and hospital waiting
rooms around the country because I spent
so much of my time waiting and I think
it’s safe to say a little bit more than
the average person I was using
distractions all the time to help time
go by faster and to help me forget where
I was and because these distractions
were so effective I started using them
all the time I was using them in between
and during movies in the restroom when
waking up before bed while cooking
cleaning training or while driving any
free second I had between work gym or
friends I was pulling out my phone after
a few years of falling this routine I
started quickly losing touch of my time
my memory and my
happiness I didn’t know who’s going on
though after all I had my condo my
friends my career everything but still
something didn’t feel quite right so I
started researching into this big time
on why this was happening I found
articles videos and blogs on yoga being
able to help you achieve mental strength
emotional well-being and happiness I
would countless research on all the
benefits the word of meditation I even
went to see the Dalai Lama in Los
Angeles hoping I could learn something
how to be present and live in the moment
for those who have heard of this before
of the mental and emotional benefits
from practicing yoga and meditation have
you set time aside to practice this for
those who are hearing about this today
do you see yourself setting time aside
from your busy schedule to practice yoga
or meditation I knew for me I tried
everything but still couldn’t schedule
in enough time to receive any benefits
to these practices so I decided to use
my wait time to slow me down I weight a
lot and I certainly can’t control it but
I can control what I’m doing while I do
it and that’s exactly what I started
doing I started practicing stopping the
unnecessary distractions and spent my
waiting time trying to be completely and
fully present in that moment I don’t
have a choice but to wait while waiting
I’m not distracted with work with gym
with friends or any electronics this is
the perfect opportunity for me to stop
slow down and observe my surroundings
with time practicing this routine I
quickly realized what the underlying
problem was for my negative feelings
distractions it’s no wonder I felt my
memory in my time and my happiness
dwindling away I was using them all the
time it was a very clear and powerful
moment when I realized this because this
is what I knew I had to change so I not
only stopped using distractions while
waiting
I stopped using them in between meals in
the restroom at work at the gym when
cooking when cleaning after some time
practicing this routine I received Allah
has a same benefits that yoga and
meditating brain without having to
change much my routine I started
regaining my mental strength and memory
I started feeling happier because I
could remember and experience fully all
the great moments in my life I started
feeling more productive because I wasn’t
distracted and can sit still and focus
for a longer period when someone would
ask me what I did over the weekend
I remember faster and in more detail
because I wasn’t using any distractions
that was causing my mind to be somewhere
else or causing my time to go by too
fast I finally found something that
worked for me and I finally saw results
you should take some time to sit down
and think about your own life and what
you’re doing when you’re waiting picture
what you’re doing when you first wake up
before bed in the restroom while cooking
cleaning or while driving when was the
last time you sat down at the dinner
table with your friends and family or
even by yourself to eat your meal and
you didn’t pull out your phone or turn
on the television if in most of these
situations you’re using distractions I
could almost guarantee you’re using them
way more often than just these
situations like I was you’re using them
during your weekends your summers and
your vacations and like me you may be
too busy to meditate or do yoga but you
can find other ways that work for you
because waiting is inevitable and as we
can see make it up a large part of our
life you can use this time to practice
stopping the unnecessary distractions
that are eating up your time your memory
and your happiness this practice will
help you stay conscious of your actions
and with time you will find yourself
stopping reaching for your phone or
turning on the television at any free
moment you have so try try and create a
positive experience from these tenuous
unavoidable tasks such as waiting
to help you feel more grateful and to
help you remember and experience all the
great moments in your life we may never
be as present and happy as the Dalai
Lama also keep in mind he meditates
around five hours a day but we do have a
finish I’m a fitness competitor I do
female bodybuilding and I’ve been
involved in the sport for years if you
don’t think I look like this you’re
right although that would be pretty cool
I compete in a category that is most
similar to the natural female form so
when competing for the stage you’re
often dieting for about three or four
months at a time
to reach a specific physique with lean
muscle body fat vascularity and posing
and although I would say a good 90
percent of the time this sport is
actually very healthy of that 10 percent
unhealthy part is when you’re on stage
because at this point you’re quite
nutrient and water depleted the other
unhealthy part is when the competition
is over and you indulge in all those
foods that you’ve been drinking about
four months we call these cheat meals
and after competitions they can last for
days turning into cheat weeks so for me
my designated food after competitions
are cinnamon buns and although I would
say I love celebrating with my friends
and loved ones when my competitions are
over when it’s time to eat my cinnamon
buns I always eat them alone weird right
my friends and family certainly think so
but for me I don’t want to be distracted
with people or electronics because it’s
gone before I can even taste it I always
find myself going to reach for more it’s
all gone and I’m thinking that I only
had one bite where’s the rest of it if
people are around me or I’m on my phone
or watching television I’m too
distracted and I never truly end up
appreciating and tasting that cinnamon
I’ve lived and learned and now I eat
them alone just think of your life as
your cinnamon bun that you never
actually taste fully because of
distractions it’s a shame because that
cinnamon bun is so so good I wouldn’t
know I eat them along with my undivided attention
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