On Delaying Instant Gratification.
The first time I heard of any kind of gratification was through my mom. At the time, she was reading finance books and the idea was to embrace Delyaed Gratification instead of the instant kind; take a step back, breathe, think it over and ponder whether the item is a WANT or a NEED. Decide only when you've weighed the pros and the cons. It's a concept I've known for over ten years but it's only recently that I've become reacquainted with this lesson. As a child, I was the Queen of starting new projects but a joker in terms of finishing. I rarely ever did; I was usually moving on to the next shiny new project. The same ething happened throughout my adulthood; I'll start a new writing project or a new TV series, and whenever the storyline gets too hard, I move on, promising myself I'll be back when the mood was right. Lies of course, although at the time, I meant it. It will come as no shock when I say I'm an impulsive buying; when I want something I want ...