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Future Me Story

What Future Stories Are You Telling Yourself?

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Our life is the creation of our minds. And we do much of that creating with stories.

Stories help to make sense of the chaotic and random world we live in. Stories don’t just describe what’s happened, they help us determine what will happen. Real or perceived. Fictional or grounded in reality.

The power of stories is undeniable.

People will live and die for the stories they believe in. Religion and politics are stories about the world. Entire civilizations are built on the back of ancient stories of war, triumph and overcoming hardship.

Stories shape our experiences, structure our reality and color our interpretations. There is no objective experience of reality. We create the reality we live in.

“With the wrong metaphor, we are deluded; with no metaphor, we are blind”— Jonathan Haidt.

The Future Story that you are telling yourself right now is the story that you actually become. You can't escape from yourself. At best you can numb yourself from painful stories by using drugs, food or cheap sex.

But these are only temporary. A band-aid holding back an inevitable storm.

What Do You Receive When You Start To Create Your Own Future Me Story? 

HOPE!

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Hope = Goals + Agency + Pathways

Hope has three parts: Goals + Agency + Pathways. (Which forms an easy to remember acronym: GAP.)

First, we have Goals. When we feel most hopeful, we’re in pursuit of a clear goal of the future that’s better than the present. The Goal is self-concordant. It’s an authentic desire—something we really want to create in our lives—not merely something we feel like we “should” have or are “supposed to” want in life. When we don’t have a goal that feels authentically inspiring, our hope drops through the floor. But when our goals light us up, we’re filled with energy to move towards them.

Second, there’s Agency. Which means we believe we have the ability to influence making that future vision a reality. We feel a sense of internal power. And we embrace how the actions we take can contribute to reaching our Goal. When we don’t feel much agency, we feel stuck, and fall into hopelessness. But when our agency is high, we know we have what it takes to reach our goals.

And third, we’ve got Pathways. Which is all about optionality—knowing that there are many different routes we can take to reach our goals. When it feels like there’s only one path we can take to reach a goal, it feels like we’re walking a tightrope. One wrong move and we’re toast. But when we know there are countless paths we can take to reach our destination, it’s easy as a Sunday drive. Doesn’t matter if there’s some road construction along the way, because there are plenty of other streets we can take to get there.

Pretty cool, huh?

Three variables: Goals + Agency + Pathways.

Now that we know them, let’s explore a little more about how we can understand our hope levels. And use that understanding to boost our hope to new heights.

What Tools Do You Receive With Your Future Me Story?

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