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Self-Care in Action — A Note from Present Me to Future Me
Sharing some mindful self-care by writing a note to my future self.
Who you are now is a product of your past thoughts, feelings, actions, and intentions.
Things that you did along the way made you who you are now.
This can be hard to fathom. Aren’t you who you are now, now? The answer is yes — but only when you’re actively being mindful and consciously aware.
The only time that’s really, truly, real is right now. This moment, this fleeting moment in time, is whole and complete. All else is colored by subconscious beliefs, values, and habits looking forward or backward.
In the present, however, when consciously aware — you are. From that point, you can make active choices to impact your future self.
This can get super convoluted. Wrapping your head around the idea that who you are now is a product of who you were seems contradictory and crazy. But that’s part of how elements of who you are that you don’t like — or would like to change — exist. Because they were created in the past and have ceased to serve you.
Thus, if the life you have now was created in the past, everything you think, feel, intend, and act on now will go into the creation of your…
