{"id":1459,"date":"2018-03-20T19:28:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T23:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/answerwall.domain.bc.edu\/?p=1459"},"modified":"2018-03-21T13:35:11","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T17:35:11","slug":"how-do-you-make-sure-you-rem-ember-to-be-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/03\/20\/how-do-you-make-sure-you-rem-ember-to-be-patient\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you make sure you remember to be patient?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1447\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1447\" style=\"width: 294px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/032018-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1447\" src=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/032018-3-294x300.jpg\" alt=\"How do you make sure you rem-ember to be patient?\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/032018-3-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/032018-3.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How do you make sure you remember to be patient?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That can be difficult. When I feel myself getting impatient or angry or frustrated, I try to stop, step back, and breathe (as much as a Wall is able to do those things). Sometimes I need to focus on something else&#8211;something nice, like the trees outside the doorway, or something I am grateful for, like all the people who pass by and ask me questions. And sometimes I don\u2019t succeed and am impatient with someone. (Not even the Wall is perfect.)<\/p>\n<p>My friends say the more they can stay stress free and relaxed the less likely they are to become impatient. They recommend regular breathing&#8211;usually attached to some meditation or yoga. And staying healthy by eating and sleeping well and getting some exercise (maybe a nice walk around the reservoir). Listening to music&#8211;classical or whatever works best for you&#8211;can help in situations where you need to wait. Good luck; I think just by asking you are already on the way to being more mindful of yourself and your reactions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That can be difficult. When I feel myself getting impatient or angry or frustrated, I try to stop, step back, and breathe (as much as a Wall is able to do those things). Sometimes I need to focus on something else&#8211;something nice, like the trees outside the doorway, or something I am grateful for, like &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/03\/20\/how-do-you-make-sure-you-rem-ember-to-be-patient\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How do you make sure you remember to be patient?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[181],"class_list":["post-1459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-wellness","tag-patience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1459"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1474,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459\/revisions\/1474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}