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Playing the Waiting Game

Posted by Admin on June 18th, 2010 filed in Uncategorized

I just got news from the doctor this morning that this baby could come any time now. My response? Actually…it was…NOOOOOOOOOO…not ready yet! Despite the heat and the discomfort, I still have some loose ends to tie up before I feel like I can give in and have a baby. Not that it’s really up to me…but…you know what I mean.

The thing is, though…I am not enjoying the chaos this puts my life into at the moment. Not knowing whether I have days or weeks to go puts things in an awkward place. I am feeling patient to wait for the baby right now, but I’m sure that will change at some point.

This all got me to thinking…do you remember what it was like to wait for something highly anticipated when you were a child? How NOTHING could drag it from your mind and your focus as you spend lots of energy looking forward to this event or thing occurring? Has it become easier for you to wait for highly anticipated events as you’ve aged? Have you discovered any tricks to playing the waiting game? I have! The principle tool? DISTRACTION!

  • Place your focus elsewhere and get busy!
  • Make a list of things you want to accomplish before the anticipated event
  • If you don’t have a full to-do list, get busy on ignored projects and make some headway
  • Start a new project if you don’t have anything to finish up

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