A slow-cooked recipe from your family takes all day because they had all day together. Some patience is just company.

Not all waiting is endurance. Some of it was never about the result at all, because the long method survived for the sake of a whole day in one room with the people you are related to, and the food was the excuse. What got handed down was the afternoon as much as the recipe.

Choose something slow to do with somebody this week rather than efficiently on your own. Cook the long version, walk instead of driving, do the washing-up together. The point is not the outcome. The point is who is standing next to you while it takes its time.