This is true that they are where our focus should be if we plan to be here for more than a week, which I think most of us do. 10 years is also a time to slightly keep in mind.

Thinking big takes constant effort, until it becomes part of our regular mindset, and then we are big thinkers. It is nice to expand the mind, because it can’t be un-expanded. Thanks about the post also.

We sure do return to those activities time and time again, until the day where it hits us that we are limiting ourselves. We might as well make that day come sooner than later.

Also, we have to realize that many folks have postponed that time. Often, someone will let TV be their way to escape their issues until one day when they announce that they are ready to defeat that habit.

Thanks about the points.

Thanks about the post. It sure might be about short-term pleasure. Those things that we do which are just about satisfying the now are worth making unappealing. If we can attach future regret to things we usually do that have no long-term value, they will look like garbage when we are about to do them.

You made a good summary of the points there.

Glad to be here.

Well that is a positive about no longer eating large meals. For a second there, I didn’t understand your ending there, but now I see that you meant that your weight is going up as muscle.

Dave is getting tough people, so we have to watch out.

Large meals usually aren’t worth the costs of having eaten too much at the time.

Nice job stuffing your face with popcorn~ I’m joking there. Maybe you can sneak in a fruit next time.

You are right about the instant results problem. Now, it is good for those very few folks who are able to put in hard work to keep getting instant results going, but most of us are weakened by wanting instant results because we don’t put all that effort out and continue the momentum. Then, we end up turning to something else to get instant satisfaction to replace the lack of instant results.

On the one hand, it’s no good that helping others is not one of those instant-return methods, but at the same time, it actually is for those who understand social dynamics, and get that good feeling.

Cool stuff.

This is true about a starving person not being very picky. There are situations where it is okay to step down a notch in standards, but most folks are just fine in their current state, and have no need to step down. We have to stay above the level we are currently at, as far as satiation, and pick those items that fulfill us and our future selves.

Thanks for your thoughts.

Yeah not expecting anything in return usually always returns something anyway but if you just expect to give without getting, you feel better (if you do get anything) even before getting it.

Awesome man!
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After years of bad habits, these things can be difficult to get away from and it really requires a change in our attitudes. Looking long-term or at a broader picture is what serves as motivation to put these things in perspective.

Powerful points made here, Armen. Particularly that TV.
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Thanks, Armen!

So my weight is creeping up, but very slowly.
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I think much of the problem is that we are often unable to look beyond the short-term. In today’s age, we want ‘instant’ results for everything. Instant escape by watching television, instant satisfaction from eating junk food…who has time to find a new hobby and then dedicate time to it when you can just turn on the television and be instantly occupied for 30 minutes?

Even helping others seems to be a chore to many because it doesn’t necessarily provide instant benefits to the person offering the help. It’s quite a challenge these days to convince people that focusing on the long-term is infinitely more beneficial than only seeking short-term, superficial gains.
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But sometimes short term goal and gain is all you got. Your example of unhealthy food is well taken. Yes it will harm you in the end. But a starving person who hasn’t eaten for a while, aint going to worry about the kilojoules on salt content or unhealthy substances. All he is warried about is getting fed at that moment. Once that foal has been fulfilled properly, then he can worry about healthy foods.
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Thanks there. They sure are. As Alex Shalman has pointed out in a quote a few times(I think), the pain of regret is far worse than the pain of self-discipline. I’m seeing things this way now.

The damage sure does add up if left untouched and un-thought of.
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That is an interesting way to do things. Saying yes, and then finding a way, would be a great way as long as it is maintained, which is what you are doing. That will quickly get loads of people on your team, because few people say “yes” often.

Method worth trying there.
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Thanks about the post.

Valid point there. It is good to look straight at the upcoming crash from low-quality food, or irrelevant magazines, or taking the easy route, or so on, and then we can easily see the right path. Our eyes have to be on the regret or disappointment we will feel.
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It sure doesn’t sound bad to break down long-term ones into smaller packages.

On a separate note, it is easy to think of some companies that are solely-based on customers with short-term gains in mind. Lowest common denominator companies such as those would hope for all to stay in a small mindset.
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They sure are drugs. Drugs have a negative connotation specifically because they are short-term entities. We as people basically call anything that is only beneficial in the short-term, and not so beneficial in the long-term, a “bad” thing.

Doing a good deed for someone else is something that sounds easy, but it takes an effort each day, so that keeps a large percentage of people from doing it, providing a nice opportunity to a select few.
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