1. Taking instant-gratification over long-term goals. Candy studies with children.
2. “Settling.” Placing too much value on safety and security often results in mediocrity. Looking for a safe existence that results in apathy and stagnation.
3. Betraying one’s morals and true identity for power or money. American Idol.
4. Hiding one’s emptiness behind technology and consumerism. Cell phones.
5. Spite: Bite my nose to spite your face. The daughter who had a smelly boyfriend to spite her father.
6. Sacrificing health to achieve desired looks (steroids)
7. Living to impress others while forgetting to make yourself happy. Pascal quote. Marriage just because everyone is doing it. A particular type of job that other people think is cool. A car you can’t afford.
8. Living for the Chanel Five Moment. A couple who hated each other’s guts at Woody’s.
9. Turning your back on others by consolidating all your energies for yourself: Stalingrad.
10. Relying on props that at one time made you attractive but that now make you a grotesque self-parody.
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