Comments on: The problem with delayed gratification https://intentionalretirement.com/2012/02/the-problem-with-delayed-gratification/ Life is short. Be intentional. Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:24:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: The secret to retirement, disguised as a pottery story - intentionalretirement.com https://intentionalretirement.com/2012/02/the-problem-with-delayed-gratification/#comment-16315 Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:24:51 +0000 http://intentionalretirement.com/?p=898#comment-16315 […] The problem with delayed gratification. […]

]]> By: An intentional life should focus primarily on the present - intentionalretirement.com https://intentionalretirement.com/2012/02/the-problem-with-delayed-gratification/#comment-1862 Wed, 05 Feb 2020 14:56:51 +0000 http://intentionalretirement.com/?p=898#comment-1862 […] to the future.  Don’t treat it as some magical time where you’ll finally start living.  Delayed gratification is great if it’s allowing you to work toward something, but it becomes a problem if it becomes an […]

]]> By: Compounding your way to a richer life  - Intentional Retirement https://intentionalretirement.com/2012/02/the-problem-with-delayed-gratification/#comment-929 Sun, 14 Apr 2019 20:46:22 +0000 http://intentionalretirement.com/?p=898#comment-929 […] is why I’ve often said that delayed gratification is overrated.  Not because I’m impatient, but because I know that if I only start to live when I hit some […]

]]> By: Is today the day you'll start? - intentionalretirement.com https://intentionalretirement.com/2012/02/the-problem-with-delayed-gratification/#comment-756 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 23:42:11 +0000 http://intentionalretirement.com/?p=898#comment-756 […] but to paraphrase Seneca, you have plenty of time if you use it wisely.  Second, stop waiting.  Delayed gratification is overrated.  Decide what you really want out of life and start taking those plans very seriously.  Retirement […]

]]> By: Retirement lessons from Walden - Intentional Retirement https://intentionalretirement.com/2012/02/the-problem-with-delayed-gratification/#comment-91 Fri, 14 Nov 2014 15:24:31 +0000 http://intentionalretirement.com/?p=898#comment-91 […] that’s 10%, 50% or 90%) to live the life that you want to live. For more on this check out The problem with delayed gratification and How to retire […]

]]> By: What is your shot clock? | Intentional RetirementIntentional Retirement https://intentionalretirement.com/2012/02/the-problem-with-delayed-gratification/#comment-90 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:04:14 +0000 http://intentionalretirement.com/?p=898#comment-90 […] dribble and pass, but we don’t shoot.  We get bogged down in daily life and tell ourselves that there will be time for that “Someday.”  Meanwhile, the clock keeps ticking down, down, down.  If life were a game, the fans would be […]

]]> By: One year to live | Intentional RetirementIntentional Retirement https://intentionalretirement.com/2012/02/the-problem-with-delayed-gratification/#comment-89 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:08:04 +0000 http://intentionalretirement.com/?p=898#comment-89 […] of the core tenets of our philosophy here at Intentional Retirement is to get off the deferred life plan.  Zach embodied that so well.  Rainn Wilson (a.k.a. Dwight from The Office) made a short […]

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