Delaying gratification as described in the book The Road Less Traveled is the process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure by meeting and experiencing the pain first and getting it over with. Which means that if I want to enhance my pleasure (extend pleasure and happiness in a way that follows the recency effect principle) I have to take the pain first and delay the pleasure.
An example of delaying gratification is when I am eating the puto (cake) first before the cheese in a puto cheese, because I like the cheese better. Another example is when I am checking test papers right after giving my students examination, because I want to enjoy other things than prolong the agony of checking papers (lol). But sometimes I cannot delay gratification due to the fact that I am a procrastinator, which means that I do not make use of my time very well. It's such a sad thing that I'm big fat procrastinator, with the internet as my creative tool for procrastination. *sigh
But now I am trying really hard to make use of my time better, practice time management which I can only do through discipline and pleasure delay. I know this sounds like a new year resolution but I don't want to think of it that way because of the fact that resolutions are only made to be broken. So I'd rather think about it as a future resolve to my procrastination, which I am trying really hard to get used to with.
Okay let's just say I am an substance addict trying to make a better life by being sober, trying to prevent relapse from happening, or a medical patient calling medical attention to cure my disease, or a manic depressive undergoing psychotherapy to relieve me from my depression.
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