“Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious. ” – Phillips Brooks

It’s hard to be patient. We all want to see immediate results. We want to succeed in one day, one month, one year, or five years. You have to go into any project you’re pursuing knowing success will not immediately happen. It will require a lot of time and patience. You should prepare yourself before any project. Write out a commitment to yourself that if your project goes over x days, months, years, etc. and is not yielding the results you were looking for you will either A.) Keep remaining patient and working in the project or B.) Move on from the project. Either scenario is fine. Make that commitment before hand. 

Success/results will not be seen immediately. It will seem like you’re working on something for no reason. It will seem like the needle isn’t moving, like you’re running full speed on a treadmill making no ground. Relax. Focus on the long term results and impacts you’re trying to make. Don’t get me wrong, if you have no dedication, no passion, no work ethic, poor planning and research no matter how much time and patience you have, you will yield no positive results. 

So be patient but continue doing the important daily activities that matter. Don’t sweat the small stuff. Next time you’re being impatient ask yourself why. Why am I being so impatient in this moment? Start to address the route causes of your impatience. Take a few deep breaths, realize everything is fine, and move on with your day. 

Patience is a virtue.