Learning patience

I'm learning how to be patient with Windows Vista. My urge to click randomly all over the screen, open all the windows I can and run multiple programs has been curbed. With this operating system, you learn to wait. Wait for it to process what you're doing, for the system to catch up.

Now I open 2-3 windows, I run 3-5 tabs on IE7 and I don't open MS Outlook unless I want the laptop to revert to medieval times. That's about the extent of my daily computing activities.

Shutting down is the same thing. You learn to plan ahead. If I want to leave the office by 7:00 p.m., I have to shutdown by 6:45 p.m. And knowing this, I am able to schedule my exit with precision and lessen the chance of meeting irate boyfriends and family members when I show up late.

I'm excited to see what other virtues or positive traits I'll pick up with this operating system. Perhaps wby the time Vista SP2 or Windows 7 comes along, I'll be a saint.