Top Ten Things that Require Patience

Reaching your goals takes the most patience of all. There's so much involved in it: planning, luck, and trust. Some goals take years or even decades to achieve, such as meeting your favorite idols or celebrities, getting jobs, making millions of dollars, marriage, or having children.

There's nothing harder in patience than achieving goals. Some goals, including having children, involve stress, anxiety, torture, and misery, but the results can be overwhelmingly positive. Achieving goals also takes luck, and not everyone is lucky enough to fulfill their dreams.

Life doesn't guarantee everything, and some things never happen. Some people want to run a marathon but never do, some want to meet their favorite stars but never do, and some people want children but never have any. This is the pinnacle of patience and hasn't been surpassed since the beginning of time.

Having children takes an unbelievable amount of patience. You think about having children, but you may wait many years or even decades to have them, much of your whole life.

It takes relationships, friendships, decisions, trust, and marriage. Then you have to get pregnant and go through nine months of unimaginable challenges and discomfort that you have never experienced before, and then the results come. Having another child or multiple children is another step in patience. Despite all the hassle, stress, anxiety, and difficulty involved, it is known to be worth everything and is considered one of the biggest goals in life.

Going to space is a big dream for many, but it isn't easy. You need more knowledge than imaginable and must spend years, even decades, in classes and college studying the science, math, and work involved in space travel. The stresses on your body are significant, such as liftoff g-forces, zero gravity, motion sickness, dizziness, vertigo, other sicknesses, and a sense of impending doom.

You also have to be completely competent about your mission because if you mess up, nobody will ever save you. It's like getting lost in the jungle or desert with no one able to find you. Full responsibility for such a mission is required.

It also takes a lot of luck because not everyone can make it to and back from space alive. Space isn't built for the human body, and it's a huge risk to take and a prime example of patience. You have to be extremely patient and go through all the courses to achieve the dream of going to space.

Marriage involves relationships, love, trust, and of course, patience. You have to trust, relate well, agree with what the other says, and wait years or decades for it to come true.

People have wanted to be married for years, and eventually, after tons of patience and even guilt trips along with having a boyfriend or girlfriend, they eventually get engaged. After more trust and patience, they finally marry. It is one thing in life never to be forgotten, and remarriage to another after a divorce also takes such patience.

Meeting your favorite idol or celebrity is not as easy as you think. You have to wait for them to follow you on any platform. Then, you might have to wait many years, even decades.

First, you wait for the star to be announced, which is unexpected, making it a huge surprise and thrill. You also have to plan accordingly in advance. It costs a lot of money to travel to where the star will be, and there is a lottery system where many will try to meet their favorite stars, but only a few will win the chance. This requires a lot of luck and waiting, causing significant anxiety.

At the event, you have to be with the rest of the crowds, which can trigger crowd-related agoraphobia and claustrophobia. You might wait in the longest line of your life, possibly longer than any at an amusement or theme park. The wait is super stressful, and you anxiously anticipate meeting your idol. The unknown adds to the tension.

But once the idol or celebrity shows up, the tension is released, and your adrenaline levels skyrocket. The reaction is much like riding a thrill ride or watching a horror movie, where you have no control over it. If you're lucky enough to meet them, you might be star-struck and speechless, even crying tears of joy for a long time.

However, you never know what the star wants to do. They may go to the event or cancel their attendance for various reasons. Meeting your favorite idol or celebrity is one of the ultimate tests in luck and patience, and it can be one of the most emotionally great experiences besides engagements, marriage, and having children.

Artwork is not as easy as you think. It involves skill, and some things aren't meant for everyone. For example, drawing requires a lot of patience to think of the idea and repetitive motions, leading to overuse injuries. Animation is the biggest example of repetitive drawings and their associated injuries.

Other arts include performance arts, which involve years of endurance and rigorous discipline to achieve. These activities are demanding and sometimes dangerous. For example, gymnastics and acrobatics can be hazardous, and some people have died in circus accidents. Cheerleading moves are artistic and tough, as is skating. Ballet is especially hard and involves moves that make you prone to multiple injuries. Art involves more skill and patience than one might initially think.

Driving isn't as easy as you'd initially think. You have to concentrate and try multiple times to pass. Taking a driver's test opens you to that world and involves unknowns that make you nervous and anxious, such as the fear of getting into an accident or simply failing.

You also have to take studies and classes to pass the tests and get driving experience. You need to be extremely patient because it's not all fun and games. Driving requires minimal leg motion, and the pressure can lead to overuse injuries, making it harder to walk afterward, especially after a really long continuous drive.

Black Friday is the most stressful time of the year for shopping. Huge crowds form, and there are long lines. Some even camp out at night. Many customers also fight over new deals.

Conventions are extremely crowded and expensive, and planning has to be done in advance. You have to wait in long, seemingly endless lines to get into the center and access things inside, such as panels, meet-and-greets, and merchandise. There are many people to deal with, and it even takes patience to wait to tell them what you're talking about.

Planning also takes patience because you have to make and spend a lot of money, including travel expenses. The prices for badges and merchandise can be high, and many items can be overpriced. It also takes patience to wait for lottery results and even to use the restrooms, which are often crowded.

Some people wait so long that they miss out on other things, including panels they wanted to attend or meetups and merchandise. There's so much to do at conventions, and it requires a lot of patience.

They spend years in college and classes earning degrees and going through all the obstacles and disciplines to achieve that. Plus, the work it takes really wrecks one's physical and mental health.

Just like love and relationships, you have to spend years knowing each other and trusting one another to fulfill that.

For me, it often takes weeks to come up with a new list idea. Even though I have made more than 100 lists, most of them required patience to create. I think this is true for many users.

It basically takes thinking of ideas of what to post on there. For me, that's easy-peasy compared to the other things on this list.

Just like conventions, political rallies are extremely crowded and involve long lines and wait times. Lines can be excessive, and crowds are often packed. Many take place outside, making it physically and mentally stressful, especially in hot weather.

They take lots of planning in advance to attend, as well as money.

Experiments take dedication, skill, and many tries of hard work to achieve. Failures are inevitable, and you have to keep trying to succeed. Science experiments are a major example.

It took Thomas Edison years of hard work and over 10,000 experiments to invent the lightbulb. That means he tried every few minutes to hours over the course of years. Extreme patience. There will never be another scientist with patience like that to invent anything ever again. He is remembered as the man who never gave up on one thing. Cheers to Thomas Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park.

I just saw a wildlife photography exhibition, and there were photos that had been planned literally years in advance.

The world is thinking too much about the negatives, including violence and fear, so we need to focus more on the positives. Politics should also focus more on the positives.

It takes lots of practice to become a model and requires overcoming many obstacles, which means lots of time and effort. That demands lots of patience. It takes hard work to achieve the desired appearance.

When it comes to photo shoots, you do many poses throughout your day, and when it comes to walking on runways, you have to perfect your walk and skills. Models put their lives and health into their job, and they sure make a lot of money out of it.

Some concerts are so big and crowded that people have to wait in lines. Some, like 5SOS and other modern concerts, have people waiting much of their day or more in line to get a seat. It's crazy and torturous, but another example of patience.

There is also the wait in your seats for the show to begin.