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20220701: impatience/ instant gratification

I usually go on a hunting trip on YouTube on my phone. Things I think might be interesting, I add it to my "watch later" list. I don't watch them on my phone. Later, when I find time, I watch them on the TV. (The list has grown to over 50 now!). When I am watching later, there are hits and misses. Usually in about first 1½ minutes I make up my mind whether it is interesting enough to invest the rest of my time (they are usually 12 - 20 minutes long). If I find it not worthy, I switch to the next one. A while ago, I had started to watch a documentary/ movie on Netflix. I I think I watched about 10 minutes of it. It was slow and I didn't find it very captivating. I stopped watching it and switched. After that, I got a recommendation for watching it by someone. I didn't watch it again. I had already tried to and had discontinued. However, I had a few more folks recommended it to me. It piqued my curiosity. I watched it again. This time I forced myself to go past the