Instant gratification is something that plagues my generation, and I fucking hate it. Fast food, Downloads on-demand. Weight-loss pills. All that bullshit that somehow is going to make you less hungry, more happy and less fat in just days, minutes or seconds.
Hard work is a lost value in life. No longer are we happy to have the opportunity to pour everything we have into something that will ultimately pay off in the long run. We want all the glory of victory without the sweat, soreness and exhausting effort required to gain it.
And if something is handed to us–because if you don’t earn it, it IS handed to you–then you don’t appreciate it the same way as if you worked your ass off to eventually get it. The only ones who found the gold were the ones who got their hands dirty.
