tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post115887310303842792..comments2023-10-28T09:25:39.790-04:00Comments on The Atavist: Fear and the FutureThe Atavisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-1159210815918628202006-09-25T15:00:00.000-04:002006-09-25T15:00:00.000-04:00The only problem with delaying gratification for t...The only problem with delaying gratification for too long is that, like anything else, it becomes habit-forming if practiced too long. Then there is the danger of not being able to break out of the self-imposed sacrifice. I know I had to train myself to break the pattern and start loosening up a bit. Like anything else, it comes down to recognizing something as a problem and then taking action to correct it.The Atavisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-1159209717428811662006-09-25T14:41:00.000-04:002006-09-25T14:41:00.000-04:00I remember reading somewhere in a psych text of mi...I remember reading somewhere in a psych text of mine that training children to delay gratification seemed to correlate with them entering university and having happier lives. <BR/><BR/>I can't recall the study, exactly.. and, I supppose parents that were willing to teach their children such benefits would have been teaching them a wide range of life-skills that would have aided in these outcomes. <BR/><BR/>But, I think it is apparent, all over society, that instant-grat personalities (I tease TDOW about being one of these) are more inclined toward misery, disappointment, unfullfilled desires and addictions.<BR/><BR/>If you are the mouse banging on the lever, how can you enjoy the maze. <I>LOL! Terrible analogy, but in between the lines, I make myself laugh.</I>SuperP.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06830641369098524799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-1159188095281483842006-09-25T08:41:00.000-04:002006-09-25T08:41:00.000-04:00I'll look forward to reading your post on healthca...I'll look forward to reading your post on healthcare. As a Canadian and a supposed beneficiary of our version of healthcare, I can tell you that the system, and the very notion of a 'free' service, both have serious faults.The Atavisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-1159119113954844132006-09-24T13:31:00.000-04:002006-09-24T13:31:00.000-04:00"Luck is what you make it." - Atavist.Hear-hear!I ..."Luck is what you make it." - Atavist.<BR/>Hear-hear!<BR/>I get so tired of listening to lawyers, bureaucrats and the leftist "news"people who felate them talk about "the underpriveleged" or "the less fortunate". Luck and fortune are something a diligent individual makes, because privileges and opportunity are there all the time for them that are prepared to accept them.<BR/>Going to be taking on the so-called "right" to healthcare today on my blog...again!TheWayfarerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15074292938877766871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-1159018104987525522006-09-23T09:28:00.000-04:002006-09-23T09:28:00.000-04:00"Luck is what you make it" is my favorite line of ..."Luck is what you make it" is my favorite line of your post. It is so easy for an outsider to look in, see the efforts of one's hard work, and imagine it all came from the sky. It's easier for them that way, then they don't have to say, "Wow, I didn't put in the hours, the energy, the motivation that you did."<BR/><BR/>We have instructional assistants who make something like $8.oo an hour saying, "Well, I'd do X if I was paid what you are." Well, did you go to college for four years? Did you get a Masters? Did you work at one job steadily for 23 years, every day, without flitting from one career choice to another?"<BR/><BR/>Suffice it to say, I hear what you're saying. And, as usual, I agree.Bellezza https://www.blogger.com/profile/18073864187188953633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-1159017924874882792006-09-23T09:25:00.000-04:002006-09-23T09:25:00.000-04:00The retirees and those baby boomers approaching re...The retirees and those baby boomers approaching retirement indeed make up a huge voting block. However, the government can't give away what it doesn't have. The future has been mortgaged so much already that there is absolutely no hope of ever restoring a fiscal balance.<BR/><BR/>Withing 10 years or so, retirees will be much worse off. And so will the rest of us, because we foolishly allowed (and even encouraged) our governments to spend, spend, spend, thinking that somehow its coffers were a bottomless bonanza of bounty.<BR/><BR/>Ultimately, this foolishness will come back and bite us all in the butt. Wish it weren't so.The Atavisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-1159007354097493072006-09-23T06:29:00.000-04:002006-09-23T06:29:00.000-04:00HiI think you may be wrong about retires taking Mc...Hi<BR/><BR/>I think you may be wrong about retires taking Mcjobs since they are more likely to vote themselves greater pensions from the government - this is because they form the biggest voting block<BR/><BR/>The millionaire next door is a very good book for those people who would like to be rich, much better the Rich dad, Poor dad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com