Hacking Patience
Being patient is one of the toughest things I deal with. I can't keep calm. Now I'm not sure if it's just me or if it's really a social side-effect of being a programmer. Programming is one of the jobs where you see results for your actions in near-real-time. I can't think of any other job which reflects upon your action any faster. We act, and we expect results. We expect them soon enough. Hell, we demand results. This vicious cycle in our daily lives is making us a little more impatient daily. The real problem is that this sense of being impatient towards things and events makes way into our real lives. It gives birth to all sorts of problems. You are more anxious, and can't calm down unless you witness the outcome. You fail to respect that other person needs his/her own space and time to sort out matters which involve you. You get frustrated/irritated more easily when you don't see immediate results, which will often be the case really. Truth