For the last seven years, every spring and every fall, I’ve led a six-week leadership development series at a local university.

We’ve always met on Thursdays from 9-11 am, and I have my departure time down to a science. If I pull out of my driveway at exactly 7:45 am, I know how long it will take me to get onto the interstate and how long I will wait at the 170/64 merge.

In fact, I can also promise you that if I leave on time, I will park my car on the 5th floor of the parking garage that is attached to the building where I facilitate. Not only will I park on the 5th floor of a very full garage, but one of the first five spots on the right, just past the elevator, will be open. I will pull into one of those spots at 8:22 am on the dot.

I say all this with absolute certainty.

Our group was spending about a month on a cross-cultural immersion trip in the Republic of Georgia. We tried new foods, visited cultural landmarks, learned about Georgia's history, and, somewhere along the way, strangers became friends.

One of those new friends was a delightful Georgian named Malkhaz.

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Over the last few weeks, I’ve found myself spending a lot of time in my car, running errands, squeezing in Christmas shopping, and tying up loose ends that always seem to pop up at the end of the year. I mean, doesn’t everyone forget that property taxes are due in December?

Somewhere between one stoplight and the next, I started noticing that people approach waiting in different ways.

It had been a long Friday, and I had no one to blame but myself.

I had stacked my calendar like a Jenga tower—four events in one day, each involving clients I love, and work felt life-giving. But even good things, when piled too high, can become too much.

By the time I finished the final workshop, I was running on fumes. I tore apart my backpack, hoping to find a granola bar. Nothing. I checked my car console. Empty. I even cracked open my glove compartment—a home for forgotten things—still nothing.

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