How I Learned to Be Patient With My Life

Just Kidding! I found some escapes from being impatient!

1. I Practiced Painting

Painting requires patience.

You do not want to mess your art by adding more colours without letting the base colour dry first.

I didn’t do it right the first time.

I didn’t do it right my sixth time of painting too.

Now you know, I am a very impatient person, I couldn't just wait for the paint to dry so I can fix what I need to.

Once you paint and repaint on top without waiting for the base to dry then the texture changes and it looks ugly than before.

I use paint as a tool for practicing my patience. You need to breathe, hold the brush gently and move your hand slowly when it comes to borders and perfection of art.

It is tough to paint perfect for an impatient person, feels like mental asylum work. I felt like am the hulk who just wants to crash and smash the colours on the canvas, not paint right but throw it all on canvas like a 3-year-old.

I started using art as an escape, I realized maybe that's what artists do?

Escape? escape from their stressful, unknown reality?

I don’t know, maybe I will go and ask Van Gogh someday if I get to meet his ghost!

Real artists paint the same trees but with tiny leaves all over, to me that will take forever!

Imagine me painting small leaves on 16' * 20' canvas and all you see is a skeleton of my body and my soul long gone. That is what I feel when I try to paint small leaves because I am not patient enough to wait forever for them to be finished.

Now I know why art is so expensive! Patience! Patience is expensive!

If humans find a way to sell patience tablets for people to buy and become this patient badass buddha then I am sure it will be worth thousands if not millions.

Maybe I will paint with small leaves one day, till then big leaves rocks!

2. I Focussed on Reading

Good books are magical.

Books can take you far just by sitting in one place. That is what I used when I lose my mind by trying to wait for something.

If I know I did all I could, my actions are enough and now I just have to be patient enough to hear back the consequences then I divert myself in reading a good book.

Focussing on broadening my perspective invites peace and releases the awry of being impatient.

If I feel uneasy because I am resisting the flow of life then I start reading a book, it takes my mind off to wander into a new world and somehow my own world gets better.

Magic is everywhere and in everything, if you look wisely.

3. I Practice Conscious Breathing.

I breathe deeply when any low-energy feelings take over me. I focus on my breathing and how peaceful my body takes it in and out.

Conscious breathing is very peaceful. You lose your thoughts and you lose your awareness up there and you come back to your core in the middle where you belong. You get home. Home is where the heart is, it's true, it is tranquil in the middle.

You can try, Count to 4 and breathe deeply alongside focussing your attention on your body taking in the air.

Hold for a moment and release the air peacefully back into the world counting back to 4.

You will notice a positive shift in your energy if you do this often. There is also another benefit, conscious breathing helps in improving your concentration.

Told ya, magic is everywhere and in everything. Including you.

4. If it's extreme and nothing else works, I rewatch my favourite movie, eat good food and Focus on Self-Care.

This is the last escape. It is about taking care of little old me. It is about treating myself well with care.

It is about taking care of my inner being and making it feel as if that being is having the best lovely date.

You need your care more than you tell yourself to.

Give yourself a great date, watch a comedy or whatever that your truest self enjoys. You’re worthy of your love and you’re worthy of chilling out and having fun.

Thank you very much for reading! Lots of love! Namaste!