Short-term vs. Long-term

My tests got me thinking, since I want to go gaming on Garry's Mod so bad, but then my coalition of brainwaves composed of rational thoughts and my conscience told me that I can achieve my short-term goals (gaming) in conjunction with my long-term goals (owning my classmates in the tests then gaming afterwards) if I achieve certain short-term goals (studying) that would require focus, determination, and moral (can't study when you're depressed). The reason why I posted this here in Instructables is because I wanted to know your opinions about short-term and long-term objectives. Like, which is better, short-term or long-term missions? You would get me if you're in my situation, sitting in front of the computer, worrying about the tests, but then you wanna go gaming. Once I get enough data, I can post an I'ble about my conclusion.

Here's what to post:
-your thoughts about short-term vs. long-term
-opinions
-thoughts that pop up in your mind all of a sudden

What not to post:
-spam
-questions not pertaining to the topic at hand
-advertising your instructables
-posts that only flamers and trollers post
-talking about how awesome GMod is (that's the abbreviation gamers gave to it)

Also:
I don't care how long your post is, as long as it's in the to-post list, it's good to go.