Right now there are countless people across this country who are waiting. ❷ Most are in a post office, while others are in a doctor's office or a supermarket. ❸ And many of them probably are staring vacantly. ❹ Surely these folks know from experience ⓐ that waiting idly is unpleasant. ❺ Yet day and day, year after year, they continue to enter into waiting situations without the slightest intention of engaging their minds. ❻ They‘ve conditioned themselves ⓑ to be satisfied with doing nothing while waiting. ❼ You should not be one of them. ❽ Instead, ⓒ planning (→ plan) ahead for those inevitable times when you will be forced to wait. ❾ If you are going into a likely waiting situation, be sure to carry a book or puzzle or notebook with you. ❿ And when someone glibly says, "Sorry you had to wait", you can reply, "I wasn't waiting. I was ...ing."