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Ilaran Itxarotearen Poza Ezkutua

Estatubatuarrek 37.000 milioi ordu igarotzen dituzte urtero ilaran zain, gure gaitz indibidual eta kolektiborako. Gauza gutxik sortzen dute ilara luzeek eta itxaronaldi luzeek bezainbeste frustrazio eta haserre unibertsala -- gutako askori ere kostatzen zaigu web-arakatzaile geldo bat kargatu arte itxaroteko.

Izan ere, Ramesh Sitaraman informatikariaren arabera , Interneteko erabiltzaileak bereziki pazientziarik gabeko mordoa izan daitezke. Haren ikerketek aurkitu dute pazientzia izateko prest gaudela, batez beste, bi segundoz lineako bideo bat kargatu arte itxaroten dugun bitartean.

"Bost segundoren ondoren, abandonu tasa ehuneko 25ekoa da", esan zuen Sitaramanek Boston Globe-ri . "10 segundora iristen zarenean, erdiak desagertu egiten dira".

Dena nahi dugu, eta orain nahi dugu; horregatik, aplikazioak sortu ditugu eguneroko zeregin arruntetatik ahalik eta itxaronaldi gehien zapaltzeko aplikazioak, hala nola janaria entregatzea, garraioa eta fakturak ordaintzea (eta baita inportazio handiagoko aretoak ere, datazioekin adibidez). Artikuluak irensten ditugu denbora aurrezteko "bizitza-trukeak" dituzten artikuluak, 30 segundo hemen eta bost minutu han eguneko nekeak kentzeko.

Beraz, zergatik gorroto dugu hainbeste itxarotea? Richard Larson MITko operazio ikertzaile eta adituaren arabera , denbora okupatua denbora librea baino laburragoa da, beraz, ilara luze batean edo medikuaren bulegoko itxarongelan gaudenean, denbora luzatu egiten ari balitz bezala sentitzen da. Itxaroteak ezinegona, estresa eta antsietatea sor ditzake, eta, aldi berean, antsietateak itxaronaldiak luzeagoak dirudi .

"Itxarotearen kostu nagusia emozionala da: estresa, asperdura, norberaren bizitza ihes egiten ari den sentsazio lazgarri hori", idatzi zuen Alex Stonek New York Times egunkarian 2012an .

Baina ilaran itxarotea, neurri batean, berez gogaikarria izan daitekeen arren, ez dago zalantzarik gure etengabeko lanpetuta, multiataza eta informazio gainkarga duten bizimoduek are zailagoa egin digutela denbora librea jasaten. Eta, jakina, gailu mugikorrek eta wifi-k ahalbidetu dute inaktibo-denbora ia guztiz saihestea . Berehalako poztasunera ohitu gara, eta bizigarri ez den edozein egoerak telefonoak berehala ateratzera gonbidatzen gaitu, burmuina okupatuta edukitzeko. Berehalako poztasun eta pazientzia galtzeko behar hori hiperkonektibitatearen albo-ondorio negatiboa da, Pew Center-en ikerketaren arabera.

Gehienok gure bizitzan lasaitasun eta lasaitasun gehiago izatea gustatuko litzaiguke, eta, hala ere, ez ditugu bizitzako eguneroko aukera asko erabiltzen geldi egoteko eta pazientzia lantzeko. Ez dago aukera hoberik itxaroten gaudenean baino -- askotan telefonoak atera eta testuekin, mezu elektronikoekin, Candy Crush, Spotify edo Twitterrekin lanpetuta gaudenean. Baina zer gertatzen da tarteko une alfer eta luxuzko luze hauek itxaroteko aukera gisa hartuko bagenitu?

Japonieraz, ma izenez ezagutzen den kontzeptu bat dago, gauzen arteko hutsune, pausa edo espazio negatibo bati erreferentzia egiten diona. Terminoa, oro har, zen estetikaren testuinguruan erabiltzen da, baina eraikuntza erabilgarria ere bada gure denbora nola pasatzea pentsatzen dugun jakiteko. Bizitzaren itxaronaldi saihestezinak ma -une gisa erabil ditzakegu, etengabe biraka ari diren gure munduetan puntu geldiak sortzeko moduak.

Ilaran itxaroten aurkitzen zaren hurrengoan, saiatu itxaronaldia apur bat gehiago gogoan jartzen eta ikusi nola sentitzen zaren. Telefonoarengana iristen den eskuaren zirrara gelditu ondoren, baliteke erlaxatzeko une batez gozatzea.

Hona hemen zain zauden bitartean egin beharreko bederatzi gauza, zure telefonoa kontu handiz egiaztatzea dakartenak :

- Irribarrea ezezagun bati

- Praktikatu "ikusmenak eta soinuak" meditazioa, zure pentsamenduak garbituz eta zure egungo inguruneko ikusmen eta entzumen-estimuluak kontzientzia osoz zuzenduz.

- Presa dabilen batek zure aurrean mozten utzi.

- Egin eskertzen dituzun gauzen zerrenda mentala.

- Hartu arnasa sakon batzuk.

- Isilik errepikatu mantra bat barruko piezarako .

- Ametsa.

- Bidali gogoeta atsegin bat maite duzun norbaiti.

- Liburu bat irakurri

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Dianne Jun 6, 2023
IN the past I noticed that if I closed my eyes I would almost immediately go to a peaceful place. I would listen to white noise or nature depending on where I was. I had learned transcendental meditation years ago and the idea is to let thoughts come and go and after a while there was just a kind of void and then peace
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Sister Marilyn May 31, 2023
I love this! So many chances to send silent blessings or verbal affirmation to others while waiting. My favorite opportunities are the post office line, the grocery line, and the traffic "long red light" line. My most challenging opportunities are the dreaded "on hold" lines; am still working on my attitude there....
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Paula Schneider May 31, 2023
My sweet husband, a Unity minister and observer of all things beautiful, crossed over in January. As I go back through his lessons, I am reminded often of how many times he used the example of standing in line in his lessons. He would say, "We always have a choice," and would advise students to use the time to remember that everyone in the store is a child of God and reflect on that and smile. When it was just the two of us standing in line, he would whisper in my ear, "This is a great opportunity for the two of us to be together." He also said the same thing when we waited in the car, either in heavy traffic, or while waiting for the light to change. These thoughts would usually bring me back to center. His wisdom was deep and profound, so now I listen for it in my quiet time, and when I have ears to hear, I hear. Now he is teaching and learning in the realms of higher consciousness. Remember, he says, you are a child of God, precious and whole at all times.
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Gabriela May 31, 2023
I find waiting in line a great time to practice saying my mantram. Time just disappears.
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Kristin Pedemonti May 31, 2023
PS. In the Before Times I sometimes would get out small bottles of bubbles and start blowing them while waiting in line at grocery store or doctors office waiting rooms and I would share lil bottles with people around me♡
Here's to the Japanese concept of Ma♡
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Kristin Pedemonti May 31, 2023
So much Yes to the value of idle time waiting and being present to the surroundings rather than glued to a screen in one's hand.
So many Human face to face moments can then unfold and ripple♡
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Robert Peruzzi May 31, 2023
Having a longer than usual wait this morning I whipped out my phone and read this nice article, as a start, planning to move on to reading some other posts. I'll go for ma instead for now.
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Joe Hughes May 31, 2023
How is Detroit today, Rob?
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Love Happy Notes Jun 9, 2014

I've had some great conversations with 'strangers' while standing in line; wonderful stories of about their life, family, holidays...

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lwwarfel Jun 6, 2014

While waiting in line for the bathroom, my granddaughter organized a reading group for her preschool friends who were waiting with her. Now, she reads them a story while they're waiting!

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Kathleen Jun 6, 2014

I spend a lot of time at home, alone, so waiting in line gives me an opportunity to interact with others -- whether they want to or not :o) I end up talking to friendly people and have a good time "in line" (not the point of the article) but I remember one particularly long wait (10 mins?) and some people were getting testy. I remember saying to the woman I was speaking to, but I said it loudly, "In the grand scheme of things, if this is the worst thing that happens to us today, we are doing pretty well . . . Think about it. Some people have babies with cancer." And many people smiled at me and nodded, yes.

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Kristin Pedemonti Jun 6, 2014

Bravo! Here's to BEING! Enjoyed the tips, thank you. A bit of perspective too, though we feel like we wait a lot in the US, if one has traveled to anywhere in the developing world or even to other cultures where time is viewed differently, we hardly wait at all here. :)

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Dianne Jun 6, 2023
Also, it is suggested that the waiting moments can be spent in prayer or relections to god