The Need for Instant Gratification

We humble ourselves now a days by being on social media and defining ourselves by who our friends are, how many followers we have, or how many likes we have on a single picture. We like the instant gratification about ourselves making us feel that we are important and meanwhile becoming impatient if things take time to nurture and grow.

While some might think instant gratification just has to do with the speediness of a file downloading or how fast your internet is, and which it is, I believe that the need for instant gratification bleeds into all other parts of your life. If you do not want to wait for a simple file to load or be on hold for a telephone call, what makes you think that in all other parts of you life like your relationships or work priorities are going to be successful? These are all intrinsically connected. To be successful in life or have anything worthwhile or worth your time, it is going to take time and you are going to have to be patient. Instant gratification doesn't teach us anything in life, but that we are only happy in that moment and we don't know what happiness really is if we can't achieve it through patience and time. Yes time is valuable, but also time is only valuable where you put the effort and patience into it.