Shaping Your Future Self

Most people (myself included), mainly thinks of the present, or near future, when it comes to their daily routines and habits. They continue with their bad habits without caring what it will lead to in the future. 
 
Because eating that extra piece of pie, or smoking those daily cigarettes, won't have any effect on you today, or tomorrow - so why should you deny yourself that small pleasure now? Future you is faar away, and he'll probably be able to handle the consequences later. Right?
 
Well, if this is how you think, you need to consider how all the things you do now will affect your future self. Sure, you probably won't see any noticeable increase in weight within the next few weeks from drinking a soda to your lunch every day, but it will come back to haunt you in the form of your future self's stomach.
 
And it's not just the negative things you need to consider - you should also consider what the positive things you do right now will lead to. Deciding to read a few pages in a book every day, or going for a jog twice a week will give your future self some amazing results.
  
Ask yourself this; What do you want your future self to be like? How should he act, how should he look and how should he think?
 
You probably want him to be better than you are now, or at least as good, in every aspect of life. You want him to be in shape and to be smarter and wiser than you are now. But how do you expect this to happen, if you don't start working towards it now? Do you expect yourself to magically achieve all your goals at once someday far from now? Because that will never happen.
 
You need to act today in order to shape your future self. Do you want to be big and muscular in the future? Start working out and eat right today. Want to be smarter? Start reading more books, or do something else that stimulates your mind. You get the picture here - whatever you want yourself to be in the future, you need to prepare for today.