Saturday, September 21, 2013

Wheres the Success In Waiting

Blog A 9/21/13 In my life I feel there was a need to wait for certain things. On the other hand though I also felt that I also needed a certain thing right away. In my opinion the things we choose to wait for are mostly very important to us. The one major question that is asked is How bad do we want it?, and can we wait to receive it? To me the things we feel we need right away are materialistic things like, video games, and toys. These are in fact the things that satisfy our interest(entertainment). These are also the things that mold the way we act depending upon what it is we want. There was in fact a time where I had to practice delayed gratification. The time where I had to practice this skill is right now. I have been given the chose to either wait for my girlfriend and fight for our relationship, or move on and find someone else to be with. My girlfriend means the world to me so of coarse I will wait for her and show delayed gratification, mainly because she is very important to me. I believe that we as people will take that extra step and go the length for the things that are precious to us, but honestly there are many times where society has proven that delayed gratification is starting to become non-existent. The main reason for that is because technology has taken a hold of the minds and habits of all the young children and has then shaped how we live in our world. I have been asked many times if I believe that our society values delayed gratification or if we value instant gratification more. Before I answer that question I want to touch the topic first. Think of instant and delayed gratification in ways of success. Imagine two students who was given the same assignment. Student A chose to go to the library and begin his research from a book while student B chose to go on Google to find his information. When they both presented their assignments they both received the same grade, but does that mean that they both obtained the same level of success. The level of success they gained together was on the assignment only but their views of what they learned was entirely different when practiced out in society. Because student A choose to show delayed gratification and took the time to research his work through searching for books, he was able to broaden his intelligence in many ways. He broadened his vocabulary, his understanding of the world, and Global concepts, while student B , who really didn't show delayed gratification and went straight to Google to gain information was limited in the amount of information he obtained. So yes I do believe that as a group of individuals do value instant gratification more because technology has given us the ability to make our lives easier. We should learn to do more things without technology so we as people can connect with one another as well as with the world. That way we can expand our mindsets and concepts that are more beneficial to everyone, rather then just gratifying ourselves.

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