One of the best questions to ask yourself when faced with a decision is “what would you tomorrow want you today to do?”
This has been something I’ve relied on for years to help give me perspective and make better choices.
It rips you out of the moment.
It stops you from relying so heavily on the confused chemical signals coming from your body and instead gives you a bit more distance.
It separates yourself from the decision and helps you to treat yourself like a friend you’re responsible for helping.
It forces you to optimize for long-term thinking rather than immediate gratification.
It reminds you that ultimately decisions aren’t being made for you now, they’re being made for you in 24 hours, and 24 days, and 24 months.
Our decisions are investments we make into our future.
Optimising to gratify your desires in the moment at the expense of the way you feel and the story you tell yourself about yourself in the future is rarely a good deal.
Choose wisely.
We don’t have crystal balls to see the future, but this is about as close of a tool to looking into the future as I can think of.
CONSISTENCY OVER EVERYTHING