These days, everything is instant.

The instantaneous nature of so many aspects of modern society is empowering and also a great convenience. It’s so easy, in fact, that we take a lot of it for granted. We don’t want to wait for anything. Our country is home to fast food and drive-through banking. Travel has never been faster. Communicating has never been easier. Watching “On Demand” entertainment and enjoying other forms of media is not only affordable, but requires as little as a click of the mouse or a television remote control or even cell phones.

“Instant” living gives way to impatience. Because everything is instant, we are so much more likely to be impatient in many aspects (if not every aspect!) of our lives. Slight delays in travel feel like a world of inconvenience. When a call goes to voice-mail, it seems like we can never get in touch. The tragedy of modern, instantaneous living is how important patience is, and how difficult it is to develop patience as a result.

Life moves at a frenetic, fast-forward pace, and that makes patience even harder to practice. Yet, the ability to tolerate delay without getting upset is a must-have quality that contributes to our greater sense of well-being.

Here are 2 simple tips for your daily life.

Stop Assuming
Unfortunately, the instantaneous aspect of so many facets of our lives has its drawbacks. When we text message someone and don’t receive a response back for several hours, we debate and ponder the “meaning” of the delay — as if any postponement is an insult, a display of disinterest, or a subtle message that requires a deep interpretation. Whereas the receiver might have not even read the message.

Sometimes, assumptions are worse than reality. When you make assumptions about how things should be, how people should act, or even what they’re thinking, you are doing them and yourself a great disservice. If you act on an assumption without concrete evidence to support your guess, you can fall into a state of distress. Stop assuming matter and free yourself from needless, harmful worry.

Let Go
We can develop patience by learning when to fight for things in life and when to let go. We should not become control freaks, trying to control everything around us, telling the world what is right and wrong, trying to change others, trying to preach the world what we think appropriate, to cite few examples. When we try to control or manipulate external factors that are beyond us, we become impatient and we tend to do many irrevocable mistakes thus making us angrier and unsatisfied. Instead, we should learn to go with the flow and learn to let go of things by not being judgmental. When we stop judging others and start accepting for what they are, our world around us changes drastically.

The title of this article is only to grab your attention and to make you realize how impatient we are.