I’ve been thinking a lot about Near Future Laura. And New Year’s Day 2020 Laura. And Today-This-Moment Laura. It occurred to me that we’re not really the best of friends – maybe more like frenemies, if anything. Today Me keeps doing things that the other me’s aren’t so proud of, to be honest. Past Laura isn’t surprised, but Future Laura always has such high hopes and optimism.
But TODAY’S Today Me did a good one. I drove my weary body and resistant spirit to Orange Theory Fitness and got a workout in. I worked hard for an hour and you know what? I felt good when I was done (whodda thunk it?). And Now Me, which was Future Me a couple of hours ago when I didn’t want to go is so proud of Past Me.
I’m confused. But you know what I mean, right?
I actually asked myself that question: what decision would Future Laura be proud of? And that helped put things in perspective. Go do the thing. Even if it’s hard, even if I didn’t want to. While I’ve mostly stopped worrying about pleasing other people, it’s good for me to stop and really think about making choices that will feed and fuel my goals.
Now, rinse and repeat. Simple enough (even if it might not always be easy).