Your future self will live with the financial choices you make today. They’ll deal with the health decisions you either prioritize or ignore. They’ll benefit from the relationships you nurture or struggle with the ones you neglected. Every small action compounds over time. You’re either setting them up for success or handing them a mess to clean up.
Imagine looking at your life as a long-term project. Every good habit, every investment in yourself, every wise decision is like laying a brick in a strong foundation. On the other hand, every bad habit, every reckless choice, every delay in fixing a problem is a crack in that foundation. Over time, the structure will either be solid and reliable or fragile and on the verge of collapse. You are building something, whether you realize it or not. The question is: What kind of structure will your future self inherit?
This doesn’t mean every decision has to be perfect. It just means being intentional. Not every risk will pay off, but taking no risks at all guarantees nothing will change. Your future self doesn’t expect you to have all the answers - they just hope you’ll care enough to try. And when they look back, they won’t regret the failures nearly as much as they’ll regret the moments you refused to even try.