Delayed Gratification is when you wait for something
that you want, in order to get it later, or to maybe get a better benefit
later. I think it depends on what it is
that you want, as to whether you have the willpower to wait. I also think that as you get older you have a
different appreciation of things and it is easier to understand that if you
wait for something and end up with a bigger benefit later, then it means
more. I can relate this to myself in
regards to a new laptop I want to purchase.
I was ready to buy it, and I heard they were coming out with a new and
better version in October, so I have been waiting. It has been a long wait but
when I do get it in October, I will be happy to have new on that just came out.
Finite
Finite is having bounds, or having limits. This relates to having willpower, which
relates to delayed gratification. If you
have some finite amount of willpower, then delayed gratification is easier to
wait for.
"You only have a
finite amount [of willpower] as you go through the day," Tierney says,
"so you should be careful to conserve it and try to save it for the
emergencies."
Poignant
Poignant is causing a strong feeling of
sadness. In one of the articles I read
it talks about how it is poignant to watch the children being tested with what
they call the marshmallow test. In these
tests the children are forced to choose if they will take the reward right
away, or wait for a larger reward.
“Footage of
these experiments, which were conducted over several years, is poignant, as the
kids struggle to delay gratification for just a little bit longer. Some cover
their eyes with their hands or turn around so that they can’t see the tray. Others
start kicking the desk, or tug on their pigtails, or stroke the marshmallow as
if it were a tiny stuffed animal.”
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