Not in a hurry is an excellent sign of being committed to the process.
Being in a rush is an excellent sign of being committed to the destination.
Being committed to the destination without being committed to the process is an oxymoron of sorts. Because arriving to a destination isn’t possible without undergoing the process.
Which is precisely why so many people fail to arrive at their destinations.
They’re in a rush. They’re forcing things along. They’re definitely in a hurry.
The general goal seems to be to arrive without having to go through the work of traveling.
Which, of course, isn’t how arriving works.
What if, instead of trying to rush, force, hack, hurry, or expedite your way to a far and away destination—you found ways to make the goal more about enjoying the process?
Because the thing about rushing is that it implies you don’t want to be where you are or doing what you’re doing. It implies you’d rather be somewhere else (in a future fantasy scenario).
And the reality is, we’re going to spend the sweeping majority of our time traveling and only but a micro-fraction of it arriving. And to spend anything more than a moment in a state of misery, contempt, or hate is wasteful—let alone a few years (or *gulp* decades).
And so the question you should ask yourself is: am I enjoying the pace of my process or am I actually just rushing to arrive?
Because being in a rush might counterintuitively prove to be far more wasteful than not being in a hurry after all.