"I can't wait to go there", we may say. Or "I can't wait to talk to them". Or something similar.
And in this context, it usually means that we are looking forward to something or someone and we are full of anticipation and joy.
Other times, however, we may think that "we can't wait to (insert something relevant here)" because we are running out of time, we are under pressure, we are somehow "forced" to do so.
And yet, more often than not, we are then dealing with some kind of perceived pressure and not with something that is, indeed, as urgent as it may sound.
[Many things can wait, even if they matter to us.
Importance and urgency are not the same,
even if tend to believe so quite often]
More often than not, most things can wait and the ones that can't are those we can easily recognize as a matter of life or death or as very time-sensitive issues.
We can wait way more often than we think, even if we have been conditioned to think that everything should happen as soon as possible, every single day, under whatever circumstances, and to consider every other option as a failure of some magnitude.
Re-learning how to wait, and being able to successfully recognize what can wait, and to do so, can free up time, energy, and resources for the things that cannot wait at all.
Coaching question of the day:
"What can wait right now?"
Tags: Coaching question, Self-coaching, Self-awareness, Self-reflection, Patience, Waiting, Time management, Priorities management
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