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.
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