The Mental Time Travel Trick

January 18, 2024
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Sahil Bloom
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The Mental Time Travel Trick

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Go back 10 years and think about how your past self would be in awe of where you are today.

Go forward 50 years and think about how your future self would give anything to be back doing the things you get to do today.

This trick forces new perspective on the present.

Kid having a meltdown? Terrible, but how much will you long for these moments in the future?

Stressed at work? Tough, but how much would your student self have longed for a paying job?

Perspective creates gratitude.

It’s easy to let the ever shifting goalposts rob you of your present happiness.

You say you’ll be happy when you achieve X, but then you do it and the X just becomes 3X or 5X.

Zooming out and back reminds you of how much your younger self would appreciate where you are now.

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