is a simple device that you wear around your waist. When you turn on the switch it shines a bright orange color behind the bold, black letters that proclaim, “WAITING.” Perhaps it will make waiting less mundane. At the very least, it will give you something to talk about.

Article from the Journal of Consumer Research suggests that if you exercise self-restraint in one situation, you’ll have less self-control available right after that. In an experiment, subjects who tried not to think of a white bear, spent more money in a follow-on task.