https://gracebug.menterz.com/?p=1023 capturing moments of grace Thu, 17 Jul 2014 11:41:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 https://gracebug.menterz.com/?p=1023#comment-1129 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:36:24 +0000 http://gracebug.menterz.com/?p=1023#comment-1129 You’re right, you have made many good decisions based on an evaluation of long-term consequences. At the same time, I think that study (and others I have seen regarding impulse control) is legitimate. Just because you’re more prone to make decisions based on long-term consequences than many of your peers are doesn’t mean that you will still grow more circumspect in your decision making as time progresses–or that you aren’t currently experiencing increased discomfort with delaying short-term satisfaction due to your brain’s impulses really REALLY wanting you to make your decisions differently than you’re making them.

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