Sarah Schnitker

and for 4.55 p.m.

And I will just call with a friendly voice and see if they can get me in.

Because that's when they would know if they had cancellations overnight or throughout the day.

And this gave me a sense of control.

Because I had a plan and I would follow through on it.

I felt like this also gave me a sense of a human connection because I'd actually talked to someone.

And even sometimes they would express empathy, which helped.

And I mean, that's a very specific instance.

But I think what our research shows us is that making...

Particular plans that tie to cues in your environment, like setting an alarm and doing something at that time can really help us to not only achieve our goals, but to be less stressed as we're doing it.

Yeah, I resonate with Ryder many times in my life and still to this day as I kind of cope with my own health problems of when to push, when to not push up.

You know, when he was speaking, I was just thinking of, I think it's in the military, they have the phrase, slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

That allowing things to take the time they really need and not pushing is just so essential in nature and in our bodies.

And that

We often lose sight of the big picture goal and get caught up in the moment, which is what I heard coming through from Ryder just a little bit is I really just want to do this now.

But patience does draw on this kind of core capacity for delay of gratification and that if I can wait, I'll have the benefits soon.

in one month of being well, instead of having to wait five months to still not be where I really want to be in my health.

And I think it's such a temptation that we humans deal with in so many scenarios.

And I think our culture so often likes a quick comeback.

And it's good to love comeback stories, but I think the quick comeback is what we really celebrate instead of the slow comeback that takes the time it needs.