Looking Back From The Future
Imagine yourself 20 years from today. Imagine how you are as a person, how you feel, where you live, and what you are doing. Let’s say you are 30 years old today. Imagine yourself as a 50 year old man or woman looking back over the last 20 years of your life. Sometimes it helps to close our eyes when doing this exercise as it will allow you to associate emotions and feelings with figuring out what you wished you would have done during those past 20 years. As a 50 year old man or woman you’re now looking back at the last 20 years. How do you wish you would have lived your life? What practice could you have done each day in order for you to have a better life as a 50 year old person? The key here is to think about every area of your life value would like to be different. Think about the areas of your life that you wish were the opposite of what they are now. Some examples could be things like, health, finances, family, your relationship with god, how much you are able to give in to help others.
Money and finances: What if you would have started buying gold and silver numismatic coins over the last 20 years? What if you would have then involved and investing into a Ira account every month? How much money would you have today? Do you feel any guilt for not saving your money? Remember you are 50 years old right now. You should feel a sinking feeling in your stomach because you knew you should have saved your money but you did not. As a 50 year old man or woman, what if you would have invested in that company or bought that house or started a fund in order to pay for your child’s college education? How does it feel to have not done those things? The goal here is to a matching yourself as a 50 year old person or 20 years from however old you are today and think about the daily disciplines that you would need to put into practice that would allow you to live the way you want to live 20 years from now.
Money and finances: What if you would have started buying gold and silver numismatic coins over the last 20 years? What if you would have then involved and investing into a Ira account every month? How much money would you have today? Do you feel any guilt for not saving your money? Remember you are 50 years old right now. You should feel a sinking feeling in your stomach because you knew you should have saved your money but you did not. As a 50 year old man or woman, what if you would have invested in that company or bought that house or started a fund in order to pay for your child’s college education? How does it feel to have not done those things? The goal here is to a matching yourself as a 50 year old person or 20 years from however old you are today and think about the daily disciplines that you would need to put into practice that would allow you to live the way you want to live 20 years from now.
Health: What if over the past 20 years you had walked regularly, lifted weights regularly, did yoga regularly, and ate a diet of healthy raw fruits and vegetables instead of processed and refined carbohydrate foods like spaghetti, pasta, cookies, cake, pastries, or anything made with white flour. Imagine not dealing with health issues that you’re dealing with now has a 50 year old person (remember this is all a part of your thought experience looking back for the last 20 years). Good news, you are still only 30 years old and can correct these issues now vs. looking back and wishing you could to regain the last 20 years. One of my personal goals as to start rebounding every day for 15 minutes. Another goal I have is to start doing yoga at least three times per week. I can see myself as a 50 year old man wishing I would have rebounded for the last 30 years, or had done yoga for the last 30 years. If I do not want to feel that regret so I’m going to start making changes now in order to not feel that way.
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