// reposted from August 10th, 2019
I’m currently stuck at an airport to catch a redeye. It happened because of a 20 minute delay from my initial departure. Yeah, it sucks. I won’t be arriving until a day later than intended. So, I’m deciding to take the time to write. Today, it’s about patience.
My generation, Gen Z, is said to be the most impatient generation so far. The speed of technology increases more rapidly per year. Why wouldn’t we expect speed? Other generations like to berate us and look at us bewildered about how much we can’t commit. Think about it. We’re translating the speed of technology to include the speed of life which is constant. I mean that life is constant in terms of its constant evolution. Life will always be a process.
In order for us to be accustomed to what life has always been we have to detach for a few minutes from technology. This is more than a tech detox; it’s actually imagining the world without the internet, social media, etc. This is what the world was not too long ago. Then, come back to the present moment.
You’ll realize that technology is merely a tool. It’s an abstracted tool that lowers the platform towards success in terms of starting and content development. Technology hasn’t changed us; you still have to put in the work. You still have to get noticed.
But, I’m not here to explain how to optimize tech for your benefit (at least not yet, anyway), I want to breakdown how to shift out of entitlement moods that will get in the way of actually getting the results we want:
- Identify technological devices you own
- Place them in one area
- Grab a pen and notebook then, leave that area
- Ask yourself why you feel self-indulgent, bored, angry, etc. about not going forward with the project you said you were going to do
- Keep asking why until the reason you come up with sounds circular
- Change your belief about it to something productive
- Align the belief to a value
- Then…get rid of that piece of paper
Huh. Why throw away a new belief that is supposed to help me? Remember, since life is constantly evolving so will your excuses. You have to start fresh during the times which you feel at one of your lowest of the low. I say the lowest of the low as you’ll be more motivated to get to the root of your obstinance towards not completing the project you are determined to finish.
What are you determined to finish?