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Instant Gratification

Instant Gratification Enlightenment Survey
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What is instant gratification?

It is trading long-term pleasure for short-term pleasure. For example:

• Eating donuts now instead of abstaining to lose weight in the long-term.

• Selling something cheap now instead of waiting for a buyer who will pay more.

• Yelling at someone now instead of thinking things through and delivering a more thoughtful response.

• Resting on the couch instead of working, exercising, organizing or doing something that will benefit your long-term future.

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The desire for instant gratification is a problem for me:
 
Every day.
 
Often enough to consider it a problem worth solving.
 
Only rarely.
 
Never.
 
 
 
I understand specifically what causes me to indulge in instant gratification.
 
Yes
 
No
 
I think I understand, but my understanding doesn't solve the problem.
 
I don't know for sure.
 
I'm totally confused, actually.
 
 
 
When I indulge in instant gratification, I:
 
Think about the future consequences, but don't care.
 
Only think about what I want in the moment.
 
I don't know what is going on within me during those moments.
 
 
 
After indulging in instant gratification, I typically feel:
 
Worse than I felt before indulging.
 
Better than I felt before indulging.
 
Neither better nor worse - the same.
 
 
 
I was raised in an environment where self-control was:
 
Demonstrated and rewarded consistently.
 
Demonstrated and rewarded inconsistently.
 
Never demonstrated or discussed.
 
Punished.
 
 
 
Having a high level of self-control would require:
 
Very little additional self-awareness and effort. It's doable.
 
More self-awareness and effort than I have right now.
 
That I become a different person entirely.
 
I cannot imagine ever having the self-control I need.
 
 
 
Instant gratification prevents me from achieving long-term goals:
 
With my health.
 
With my family relationships.
 
In my career.
 
In my social life.
 
More than one of the above.
 
All of the above.
 
 
 
I am a
 
Male
 
Female
 
 
 
Desiring instant gratification at the expense of long-term goals is:
 
A conscious act of self-sabotage
 
An unconscious act of self-sabotage
 
Normal - just something to live with and not try to figure out
 
A purely biological phenomenon
 
 
 
By indulging in instant gratification, I am actually:
 
Fulfilling negative expectations of those around me. They have come to expect me to fail.
 
Causing myself to be seen in a negative light.
 
Inviting others to take care of me - or intervene in my life in some way.
 
Depriving myself of what I want the most.
 
Flirting with my own death.
 
More than one of the above.
 
All of the above.
 
 
 
If I overcame my desire for instant gratification:
 
It would change my entire life.
 
It would make a significant difference in my life.
 
My life wouldn't change in any significant way.
 
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