31/08/2026
As a society, are we losing patience?
As I was making breakfast the other day, my 4 year-old was shouting "COME ON!" at the telly in the other room all because an advert came on.
When I was 4, an advert came on and I just found the nearest toy to play with. Life was slower.
If you think about it, going on holiday meant waiting weeks for a post card to arrive. Then we got mobile phones and it was a phone call. Now it's a video call, instantly, every day of the holiday if you want it.
A generation and a mindset is growing that's never really had to wait for anything.
I've definitely seen it in work. Broadly speaking, those that look for the 'get-rich quick' schemes tend to be the younger generation. Maybe there's the naivety, maybe it's now just culture.
Waiting feels like wasted time.
Don't sleep on doing the simple things right. Putting money aside, consistently, for long enough and you can still enjoy life now while building for a life ahead.
Patience isn't old-fashioned. It's perhaps just feels harder in today's age to practise than it used to be.
