It keeps the peasants from thinking too much and rioting.

I think a lot of it is that people are trained to want the new best thing, so waiting for it to come out or they have goals that they think they need to reach to be accepted

Because I can't afford that next ticket to Aus. until I've got the cash! But I'm trying to enjoy the days before I go too.

The restrictions of the industrial society, trying to synchronise everybody. I think the trick is to be constantly doing htings. Filling the gaps with other actions, not waiting for something else.

I ask myself that question from time to time. I try hard not to do it. Maybe in more primitive times we had to constantly think of our future, so our brains evolved to be like that. "Mindfulness" is gaining popularity because more people are realizing this human flaw.

I take one day at a time whenever I can. Future is not guaranteed so live for today.

Time is neither here or there
Time is a void of space
Time waits for no one
I experience every second of that moment

It's a strange question, really. It's the frame of reference I don't think I agree with. We're not necessarily "waiting" for those future events to occur if waiting means stopping all other activities in the meantime. In fact much of the time it is the longing and dreaming of those events that keep us motivated to move forward. I don't see this as "rushing time." One can live in the moment and still long for the future.

I have a friend who used to moan and groan when each holiday season would approach - her favorite line was always "If I can just get through all of this".....everything was just so stressful for her - she couldn't wait for it to all be over and done. A few years ago her husband committed suicide - and her son is busy with his own family so her holidays now are very, very quiet....and lonely. Truly a case of be careful what you wish for.

Because it is what we are taught.
Waiting in line is terrible.
Performing 'work' is exhausting.

No one teaches us to use the time in line to think of all the things you are grateful for or to plot the next steps into my amazing future.

No one teaches us that to 'love a job' means that you don't have to love every part of it, but you parts you do love make up for the parts you don't.

If you are waiting for time to pass so you can live in the future, then you are not really living in the present. Take control of your life in the Present, because the future may just be more of the same