Delaying Gratification: Serving the Whole by Denying the Parts
Choosing wholeness means trading the comfort of now for the strength of becoming—delayed gratification as the path to your fullest self.
procrastination
Every day at 9 am, the alarm goes off on my watch reminding me to clean the kitchen. I pause the alarm, telling myself that I will do it later. Later never comes. In fact, I turn off most of my alarms during the day that remind me to put in a load of laundry or run to the pharmacy. I am a master procrastinator who waits for the last minute to accomplish most daily tasks. This is a major source of stress in my life. I am the mom who washes her children’s laundry at 12 am on Sunday … More
