Thread: What can I do to prepare for the future?

One helpful hint is to stop putting the burden on "future me" to accomplish things. You cannot quit smoking cigarettes, you can only abstain from smoking the next cigarette. I find the assumption is that one must distract themselves from the desire for a cigarette, and the opposite is more helpful in my experience. Put all your focus on the desire, do not run from the desire either by distracting yourself or giving into it. Be aware of the desire, and treat it with equanimity (see it as it is rather than as you judge it. The desire is part of you, scolding the desire means you scold yourself. Accept yourself)

The same can apply to everything else meant to prepare you for the future. Do not put the burden on "future me" to exercise and eat right, see what you can do now. Take all of your worry regarding your habits and place that wasted energy on your present actions.