Comments on: Delayed Gratification

By: LAL

LAL — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:24:46 +0000

Dog, I just can’t seem to pull the trigger. And Meg I notice I have to order underwear online but am too lazy to shop!

Amy, congrats on buying whatever you want. My roommate can probably afford whatever he wants but he still doesn’t. His isn’t previous choices rather it’s that he has very low fixed expenses compared to income. Maybe $700/month out of $6k. That makes whatever you want palatable.

By: amy

amy — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:30:01 +0000

Um, no. Most of my life has been a textbook study of delayed gratification and poverty. Now it’s not, and I buy whatever I want. However, my situation now is a direct result of my previous life choices—if that makes sense. Also, I am a pretty sensible, down-to-earth person and I pay my credit card in full every month.

Excuse me now, I have to go put aerobars on my new $1200 bike.

By: Meg from FruWiki

Meg from FruWiki — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:50:51 +0000

I practice delayed gratification every time I put a book or movie on hold at the library instead of going out to buy/rent it. It usually only takes a few days to get stuff, but it can take months to see a popular movie. But you know what? I really don’t have to see things immediately and it doesn’t bother me to wait.

I also seem to be getting lazy about ordering stuff, even stuff I have decided to buy. It’s not deliberate delayed gratification, but it works the same — though it can be bad if I put off things I need to buy by a certain time (though that’s rarely the case).

By: dogatemyfinances

dogatemyfinances — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:21:09 +0000

We bought a PS3 as a Blu Ray player when they dropped in price. At the time, it was the same as a stand-alone Blu Ray, but with far better software. Now we use it as a whole media center with all the computers and such, I couldn’t have even guessed how useful it would.