life is just a pancake experiment

If patience is a virtue, what is impatience?A sin? Hardly, but it does seem hinder my happiness.  For instance today, I wanted to make different types of pancakes. And I did, but by the end of my experiment I tried to will them to cook faster by flipping them too soon.  The result?  You can only image.  Lets just say I need to do some scrubbing.  What is it about instant gratification that seems to be running my life?  I go through spurts of wanting to do something and doing everything I can to do it right then and there.  And then it falls apart and I am left with a deformed, unsatisfactory pancake (so to speak).

Here is the experiment:
If I mix greek yogurt with whole wheat pancake mix then I will get a deliciously healthy pancake because the greek yogurt makes the pancakes light, thin and fluffy.

mix 1/4 cup of brown sugar packed and 2 eggs

mix until combined

then add a bunch of sheesh
Sheesh:
1/4 cup of canola oil or coconut oil
1 cup of greek yogurt (I used light and fit strawberry greek)
2 teaspoons of vanilla
1 cup of milk
Whisk it up!

nice, wet ingredients done.
Lets combine the dry ingredients in a separate bowl.

2 cups of whole wheat flour
2 tablespoons of baking POWDER (not soda)
1/2 teaspoon of salt
5 magic mixing fingers to mix it all up.

Add a little wet to the dry and mix.  Do this until its all mixed together.

There we go! It should be a little "runny" but that will make the pancakes thin and light!

Here is number one, just straight up whole wheat greek yogurt pancake (simple enough right?)

OOOOHHH chocolate chips baby.

ummm I ate that in less than 2 minutes... I'm Emma and I have a chocolate chip pancake addiction.

Next up, Blooby pancakes...delicious and nutritious.


Think this is just a regular pancake? You thought wrong! I added a cinnamon sugar mixture on top to give it a little extra something.  It turned into crunchy sweet wonderfulness in my mouth.

This is where my impatience set it.  I had so much leftover batter so I just poured it all into the pan.  Then I used the left over cinnamon sugar mixture, some chocolate chips and some pecans.  Then I realized I wouldn't be able to flip is gargantuan slice of heaven.  So I waited....and waited... until I couldn't wait any longer!

Then this happened. A pancake omelet.

Then this happened. Messy.
Then I couldn't eat any more.
Needless to say I probably should have made a smaller batch and I probably should have not eaten each trial of my experiment. But otherwise I thought it was pretty successful.
I conclude that if I am patient and think things through I will ultimately find what I am looking for.  If I act on impulsivity the outcome becomes more unpredictable therefore more of a let down when things don't work out.  I have all the time in the world to figure things out.  I just need to take it one day at a time and live in the moment.  Life is about the journey, not the destination.

What do you struggle with on a day to day basis?