future self
Who you'll become
The person you will become at some later time, imagined as a distinct entity you can help or harm through present choices.
Often invoked when discussing delayed gratification or long-term planning: Your future self will thank you for starting that retirement account.
The concept treats tomorrow's you as someone deserving consideration today, a mental trick for overcoming short-term thinking.
- aspirationsDeeply held goals
- goalsIntended end results
- dreamsInvoluntary sleep visions
- bucket listPre-death wish inventory
- potentialLatent capacity for development
long term goals · personal growth · growth · vision · becoming · destiny · tomorrow · time capsule · legacy · planning · hope · ambition · motivation · delayed gratification · journal · reflection · identity · transformation
- self-conceptpersonal identity, identity formation, persona, individuality
- time preferencedelayed gratification, instant gratification, discounting, impatience, immediacy
- vision boardsvision board, dream home, dream job, dream car, dream vacation
- time perceptiontime perception, duration, time flies, time drags, temporal distortion
- visualization techniquesvision board, mental rehearsal, mental imagery, dream board, mental simulation
future, self, futures, selves, futurism, futurist, futuristic, futuristically, selfhood