Today (I wrote this text on the 8th of July, 2023), I will write about the art of delayed gratification.
I do not want to receive instant gratification. That’s why I do not expect money from passion. I do not expect anything from it besides the joy of fun. The truth is I do not want to feel the instant pleasure of eating sweets. I forgot about the euphoric state of mind after drinking alcohol. While writing all these things, I asked myself if feeling the ecstatic state of mind after taking a cold shower or after coming back from walking in frigid temperatures is also craving instant gratification. I do not think so. Exposing my body to cold is getting out of my comfort zone. Cold hurts. When you feel your fingertips becoming stiff, you feel pain.
Speaking shortly, regarding exposing the body to coldness, there is pain and discomfort before gratification.
This is what the titled delayed gratification is, for me. It is not like eating delicious sweets in your house when I feel safe and comfortable. You do not have anything from this passive activity besides getting fat and becoming increasingly ill and exposed to the possibility of getting more civilization diseases.
Undoubtedly, fasting is also connected with delayed gratification. I do not eat for most of my day.
Usually, I start eating at 7 p.m. I have done intermittent fasting for more than two and a half years. Does that all mean I wait impatiently for the evening to have something to eat? No, I do not think about food during the day. I started doing it before 7 p.m. Exposing my body to cold and intermittent fasting was one of the most outstanding activities I could approach in my life. The more I do it, the more I want to do it.
