Long Term Satisfaction Case Study

As you read the devotional about consuming the things that fill us but do not nourish our bodies, souls, and lives, what memories came to mind? How did these instances demonstrate immediate rather than long-term satisfaction? Growing up all of my brothers and sisters and I looked forward to Friday’s because we would have Kentucky Fried Chicken, go to a local fish fry, or have pizza and that was a treat because my parents had six children to feed. We ate dinner at home as a family and going out to eat or having chicken or pizza or going to a local fish fry was something we looked forward to.
However, it seems fast food and quick meals is all we see everywhere now and while this may make life easier for making dinner or feeding children and ourselves it brings immediate satisfaction for our appetite and may seem like a treat, but it in fact is not good for our health. The immediate satisfaction is not worth it because of unhealthy food and eating habits that can last a lifetime for some people.
Long-term satisfaction is eating healthy food, cooking dinner as a family, and eating together as a family. …show more content…
In addition, developing a relationship of mutual respect is important and if a client sees you as a helper and someone that is there to support them it can go a long way towards helping them to have hope and healing in the process. Furthermore, having goals and working with the client for a certain time frame and them achieving goals can help them to have confidence in themselves and empower them to see they are quite capable to help themselves and see that short-term immediate satisfaction is not always the right choice. The devotional talks about the sweets of life (short-term gratification) and a social worker can help a client by letting them see and accept the meat and potatoes of life (long-term