Imagine it: a crystal ball, clear and cold, reflecting not your present face, but the one you’ll wear in 20 years. Intrigued? Terrified? Maybe both. Because peering into that future self raises a crucial question: who do you want to be, and what choices are paving the path there (or away)?
It’s tempting, even comforting, to assume our current selves are static entities, destined to morph into a slightly older, slightly grayer version. But that’s a recipe for mediocrity, a slow drift toward a future not chosen, but defaulted to. We are, in essence, builders, each brick of decision and habit laying the foundation for who we’ll become.
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