Patience is a virtue. At least, there's a saying with that direction. Virtue or no virtue, patience does hold some advantages over its opposite - impatience. Impatience seems to annoy almost everyone it touches...except, perhaps, those with quirky senses of humour. On the other hand, patience doesn't appear to generate much attention. It is mostly overlooked. Perhaps, that's because more often than not patience finds itself surrounded by impatience and impatience, by its very nature, isn't very observant. It cannot be. It is preoccupied with its problem-situation. 

Waiting - while we've been admonished to 'be patient' and 'wait our turn', few people have the ability to take the time to teach us how to accomplish these objectives. 

Waiting - what value we would receive if some grade school classes could be devoted to teaching us how to inject more value into the process known as waiting. 

Waiting - how much time do you spend planning how to wait?

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When waiting, people can take advantage of the experience by filling it with pre-planned activities. For example, people can use the freed-up time to write. They could write journal entries or Thought Posts. Writing - this is one way of clarifying thoughts...and leaving no room for impatience to creep in.