Make Your Life Better By Empathising With Your Future Self
The only person who is ever truly going to have your back, is yourself.
Think about where you could be a year from now if you weren’t ruled by your impulses and the need for immediate gratification. Imagine if you practised discipline, not as a punishment but because you valued your self worth. Because you are looking out for your future-self.
Putting in the grit, sweat, energy and time now for something better later is looking out for yourself. It’s making sure you squeeze every possible ounce of joy from life that you can. Pave the way to where you want to be by envisioning your future self in a better place than you are now.
Imagine where you could be a year from now, if you put in the work today?
If you want to publish a novel, start writing 500 words a day. That’s 182,500 words a year. That’s the size of a really big novel.
If you want to lose the weight, start repeating healthy choices until they become a habit, and add the gym into your routine. Find what is healthy and what works for you. A year from now, you could be breathing easier, wearing better clothes and just feeling damn proud (and not to mention damn fine).
If you want to travel, reduce the spontaneous shopping purchases and put it towards your travel fund. Do you really need another $150 pair of jeans? Or would you rather spend that on a hotel in Greece, with change to spare for a gyros or 3?
Start seeing your future self as your friend, and treat them like so. You can give them so much more if you start taking the steps now. Don’t let life pass you by always wondering about where you could be, or waiting until next year to start.
Those tiny sacrifices can add up into something big and amazing. A year from now, you’ll look back at your current self and be so grateful.
