Delayed gratification is a deal made with your future self. Or from the opposite perspective, it’s the deal that you’ve made with your past self. If you’re in good health then you’re probably grateful to your past self for all the delays. If you’re sick, depressed, on your death bed, then maybe not so much.
I’m now in a spot where I could be reducing my workload, but it makes me anxious as I do not really have anything to fill that time with. I don’t want to be bored or see myself as useless. Or to only enjoy things that cost a lot of money and see my living costs balloon.
Right now I am selling my time for money, so it is essential to me that this time is sold at the highest possible price. The satisfaction is secondary. I guess I could try to look for things where I’m possibly not the most skilled guy, but that are more enjoyable. Although I’m not sure how realistic that would be.