Why Instant Gratification Is Not Always So Gratifying

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We live in a world of instant gratification. We graduate from school, get married, and expect to have the same standard of living as our parents, forgetting that they already worked their entire lives to achieve those standards. When we borrow our way to instant gratification, it is the lender who owns and controls our privileged lifestyle, not us.

~ Jen McDonough

Question: What tips can you share for others to get through those moments of "I want it, even though I can't afford it?"

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Comment by Deborah W. Wilson on September 27, 2012 at 8:44am: Love the cartoon. A picture is worth a thousand words. Thanks for the reminder of how silly we look when we think we know what we want and when and how. It helps me to remember God works on an eternal clock and His ways are better. If my desire is delayed after I've done my part, it is not the best time. He didn't go immediately to heal Lazarus because He wanted to show He is the Resurrection and the Life.

Comment by Ann Musico on September 26, 2012 at 2:08pm: Thanks Jen.

Comment by Ann Musico on September 26, 2012 at 2:07pm: Thank you Kim - I am blessed beyond words with these three amazing people God allowed me and my husband the privilege of raising.

Comment by Kim Hall on September 26, 2012 at 1:42pm: Ann, What a gift you have given to your children! I have seen too many young adults who have no concept of money, value, or debt. They only know that they want the "cool stuff" now and they go into debt to get it.

Comment by Jen McDonough "The Iron Jen" on September 26, 2012 at 12:59pm: Wow, what great advice Ann. That message for kids and parents today is incredibly powerful. What a awesome mom you are to have had the wisdom to teach your kids this!! GREAT reminder for all of us parents out there.

Many thanks!

Jen

Comment by Ann Musico on September 26, 2012 at 8:30am: Jen I think as a mom, teaching my kids that they had to wait for things, to work for them and plan, was the most important way to raise 3 kids who are really amazing at delaying gratification. I think too may kids are raised with such a sense of entitlement and enabled to just get whatever they want immediately that it is creating adults who end up in all kinds of difficulties - financial and otherwise! My husband and I were raised that way and so I feel we have sent 3 young adults into this "instant" world who have the wisdom and patience to go against the flow!

Comment by Jen McDonough "The Iron Jen" on September 26, 2012 at 8:17am: oh thanks Kim!!!! well jeerpers creepers, you have me grinning at your kind words and actions! thanks!

Comment by Kim Hall on September 26, 2012 at 7:52am: Just joined your launch team, Jen. I am so excited for you with this new book!

Comment by Jen McDonough "The Iron Jen" on September 26, 2012 at 7:50am: Oh Randell, what a great example of shifting our perspective and gratitude to get through those moments. Wild about the bumper sticker timing. Blessings to you as well.

Thanks Randell and Kim!