Long term desires are more lifestyle orientated, such as getting a university education.
Desires can ultimately be divided into long term and short term, so a spur of the moment desire to go buy something while shopping, as well as reactionary desires, are primarily short term, but may also be connected to long term desires.
But the short-term desire for three points won out, as it always does.
Tata may have no short-term desire to cut and run from the ailing plant.
In the end, though, short-term desire, or addiction, tended to trump long-term happiness.
His characters' sense of self-restraint is also a matter of their perceived long-term self-interest, albeit one that is in conflict with their short-term desire.
However, the 29-year-old also spoke of his long-term desire to leave a legacy behind when he does decide to retire.
The purpose of these scripts — dating, going steady, delaying sex — was to guide young people on the path from short-term desire to long-term commitment.
Weighing the short-term desire to see Strasburg pitch against the long-term interest in raising a family, Zuckerman wasn't likely to let it come down to a baseball decision.
