I'm impatient, and I know it. I am always in a rush and always ready to get on to the next thing, and it burns me out. The worst part of it is that I am impatient for life. I want to get on with my life. I'm in the middle of college, and I love it; I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. But I'm ready to move on. I'm ready to get a job and fall in love and get married and have a house and a family. I'm ready for it all; I want it all. And I know I'm not the only one.

I think it would be fair to say that the people who are ready for the next step in life, when they aren't even halfway through the current step, are go-getters. Almost everyone has an idea of where they want their life to go, and they can't wait to get there. They know that they have to go through different steps in life to get to their end goal, whatever it may be, which is awfully disappointing. One of the hardest parts about being impatient for life is that you really are enjoying your life right now, but you want to be at the end goal. It would be so much easier to just skip ahead, get all of the hard stuff out of the way, and enjoy life. But that's not the way it works.

For me, being impatient about my life isn't the easiest thing to overcome. I know that I have to go through certain things in my life before I can end up in the place that I want. I know nothing comes without hard work, and I am willing to go through that hard work to reach my goals. My ideal self-image revolves around my goals and what I want for my future. Unfortunately, many people aren't on the same page, but that's OK too.

Sometimes I forget that others aren't as focused on their goals as I am; it doesn't mean that they don't have them, but it just means that they aren't rushing their life. In relationships, it's the hardest. Oftentimes, when one person in the relationship is impatient for the future, it scares the other one. The impatient one gets really excited about the future, even though they know that it is still quite a distance away. Sometimes it scares off the significant other, and it can lead to the relationship failing. This isn't exactly an easy thing to fix in a relationship, because it isn't really a problem per se. The impatient individual can't help it, and more often than not, they are just being honest with their partner about what they want in life; it doesn't always mean that they want their future with their current partner, or are trying to rush them in to anything, but they are simply sharing their life desires with their S.O. And this doesn't pertain exclusively to romantic relationships. This could be friendships, work partnerships, or any other kind of relationship.

For those who are impatient, try to remember that not everyone else is ready for their next phase of life; for those who are not, try to be understanding that we impatient people have a strong desire to reach our goals and live our desire life. It might be weird sometimes, and we might do and/or say some crazy things, but it's not that crazy. Sometimes, we get overly upset when things don't quite go our way or the way we have planned or expected things to turn out, and it's OK. When this happens, we fear that it has thrown us off course from the path to our goals. It hasn't, it has just slowed us down a little bit, and that is OK too. I know that I personally need to slow down a little bit and enjoy life a little be more. Life will still be there if I wake up tomorrow, and if I don't, then it doesn't really matter, does it?

From one impatient person to another, be patient. It will all work out. Smell the roses. Take a break. Enjoy life -- you only have one. Time is going to pass, and you're going to want to go back. Don't stop reaching for your goals, but try to slow down just a little bit from time to time. I promise it will be worth it.