In this excellent short article by Zat Rana, he relates the adage about living each day as if it were your last. Then he goes on to note that his own approach is slightly different.   Each day, he imagines that he has five more years to live. Given that, what would he change in his life?  The article is about lessons he’s learned by living this way.

The article brought to mind my own thinking of some years now. It was an epiphany for me long ago when I was struggling to reconcile the self I’d become with the person I’d always thought I would be.  It remains a valuable perspective as I consider each new day. This is the idea that, with every single thing we do, we are irrefutably building our own past.  My personal history is the one I myself constructed by every action I have taken.

If you want to plan your future now, consider the past you want.

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