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- Helping the Time Pass. Occupy your time. One of the best ways to avoid become anxious during a long wait, is to do something else at the same time to occupy you.
- Learning to Be Patient. Recognize when you are being impatient. We all feel impatient and can get stressed out and anxious waiting for something to happen.
- Acknowledging What Makes You Impatient. Recognize that uncertain waits make you more impatient. To really learn to wait patiently and avoid becoming anxious when you are waiting for something, it's helpful to think about the different waiting times we experience.
- Turn on some music. Several studies find that listening to music can reduce the stress of waiting, whether you’re stuck in line or anxious to hear your name called in a hospital waiting room.
- Bring a friend. In a 1992 study, participants who socialized during a 10-minute wait did not find the interval stressful. In comparison, people who waited with strangers and kept to themselves experienced stress (which was then alleviated by listening to music).
- Be mindful. Scientists find that mindfulness can help ease anxiety and stress—feelings that can kick into overdrive during a wait. When you’re stuck behind a dozen families trying to mail that package at the post office on the Saturday before Christmas, try a little mindfulness meditation.
- Think about that money-back guarantee. When companies guarantee to serve their customers within a certain amount of time—like with a 30-minutes-or-less pizza delivery—making good on that guarantee makes customers feel more satisfied with their experience than they would be if they had not been quoted a maximum time.
Sep 5, 2024 · Whether you are trying to get through an unexpected wait of a few minutes or need to get through several weeks or months, we have advice for you on how to make time go faster. Steps Method 1
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- Unoccupied Time Feels Longer than Occupied Time. Experience designers should ensure that appropriate tasks or entertainment are provided for individuals who must wait.
- Pre and Post-process Waits Feel Longer than In-process Waits. Because waiting feels less onerous once someone is already involved in a process, experience designers should initiate processes as soon as possible.
- Anxiety Makes Waits Seem Longer. Anxiety causes people to feel that time moves more slowly and makes waiting seem longer. To overcome this, experience designers should create calming waiting spaces.
- Uncertain Waits are Longer than Known, Finite Waits. Waiting seems to take longer when we don’t know how long we are going to be waiting for. To overcome this, experience designers should seek to inform customers or employees of how long they can expect to be waiting.
- Unoccupied time feels longer than occupied time. When you have something to distract yourself, time passes more quickly. Some hotels put mirrors by the elevators, because people like to look at themselves.
- People want to get started. This is why restaurants give you a menu while you wait, and why the orthodontist puts my daughter in the examination room twenty-five minutes before her exam actually begins.
- Anxiety makes waits seem longer. If you think you’ve chosen the slowest line at the drugstore, or you’re worried about getting a seat on the plane, the wait will seem longer.
- Uncertain waits are longer than known, finite waits. People wait more calmly when they’re told, “The doctor will see you in thirty minutes” than when they’re told, “The doctor will see you soon.”
Dec 5, 2014 · Anticipating bad news and trying to find the positive in it—preparing ahead of time for failure, in other words—may not help to ease the anxiety during the waiting period, but can be helpful...
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Mar 20, 2023 · Time can seem to drag by when you’re looking forward to something, but you can make time pass quicker if you stay busy. Try hanging out with your friends, running some errands, or tidying your home. You can also use your time productively by studying or doing some work.
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