The Composite Human

Instead, you have to take small steps today to improve the odds you’ll follow through in a week.

If I said, “three Saturdays from now, I’m gonna wake at 5 AM and go for a run,” it’d be like throwing a wish in the wind. So much could happen between now and then to deter me from my path. Even at the last minute, I could give in to laziness and say “eh, I’ll sleep in today instead.”

My present, though, I can directly control. As I type these words, I could decide, “I’m gonna go for a run right now.” In order to get my future self to do a 5 AM run, I need to make sure I’m rested, have nutrients in my system, and am used to or am prepared to wake early. Taking tiny steps today shapes who we will be tomorrow and thereafter.