Comments on: Tick Tock…Waiting Can Be Productive

By: Paula Henry

Paula Henry — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:09:54 +0000

Missy – Great advice! I have little patience for waiting, but am patiently waiting for someone besides AT&T to carry the iphone. Til then, my BB keeps me connected when I do have to wait.

Sending out a few emails or making contact with someone makes the time you are waiting seem to pass more quickly.

By: Bruce Dietz

Bruce Dietz — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:31:19 +0000

Hi Missy,

Always good to talk to another KW family member!

Good tips on ways to fill the dead space in the day. I use my Blackberry to check up on emails, return calls and run errands for my awesome, but way too busy, working wife.

By: Sandra Matson

Sandra Matson — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:36:29 +0000

Missy,

Great post! I learned long ago to take advantage of waiting. If sitting in traffic, I have educational or self-help CD’s. When waiting between appointments, I have a book. And most recently I broke down and got a BB. I catch up on news, emails, etc. I also have audio books on my BB. If I am at an open house, I bring work just in case it is a slow day.

I hate to wait but I have learned long ago to be prepared so for me waiting is an opportunity to do something enjoyable and/or productive.

-Sandrda

By: Rob McCance

Rob McCance — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:20:36 +0000

Missy,

Good advise.

Personally, I enjoy some “wait states” and will try to predict them and take along my small laptop, or my Website Magazine, or the lame Realtor Magazine, or some recently printed long articles off the web.

If all else fails, I’ve got the blackberry and I never delete my inbox so I can scroll waayy back and find someone to swap emails with, or call, or whatever.

So waiting is not all bad, unless I’m about to late for something else.

By: Matt Stigliano

Matt Stigliano — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:41:56 +0000

Missy – I hate waiting too. Especially when what you’re waiting for ties into how the rest of the day pans out. We all know how one piece of paper can change your entire day in real estate. I find that I need to fill those gaps, because the minute I don’t and say “it’ll just be a moment before that fax arrives, I’ll just relax a bit” – that’s the day the fax never comes. I agree with the others about the iPhone. I used my Blackberry in much the same way, but there’s something about the iPhone that makes me use it more productively. Maybe it’s just because I like to look cool using one.

By: Lesley Lambert

Lesley Lambert — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:41:00 +0000

I, too, use my iPod as a wait time filler. That and twitter on the blackberry!

By: Missy Caulk

Missy Caulk — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:31:16 +0000

Sorry for not responding quicker been out and about all day…

Jill and Brian sounds like a need a I need an IPhone. Although I do check emails on my BB and Twitter.

Matthew that is a really cool statement. Never thought about that.

Lani, I am low on patience too, always on time and would have 5 kids ready for church, bathed and in the car before my 1 husband would get ready.
I know patience is virtue….I find carrying a book in my car really makes the time go fast, if I am waiting.

By: Brian Block

Brian Block — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:30:31 +0000

Missy,
Jill beat me to it in her comment, but the iPhone has made waiting infinitely better — more fun and more productive at the same time.

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By: Lani Rosales

Lani Rosales — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:27:50 +0000

Missy, I am a ridiculously impatient person but you would never know it because I’m still chipper on the outside. On the inside I’m raging like a drunk chick who just got her purse stolen. SO, what I do is (1) breathe (2) reorganize my to do list. I’m a big list maker and I learn and remember kinesthetically, so I have to write everything down. When I’m waiting somewhere and have the ability to, I re-write my lists and it gives me a sense of control and order.

My other activity and a more common one for me is praying and saying the Rosary.