If you were to meet an 80 year old (or someone quite a bit older than you are, now), what would make you think:
“Whoa, this person is so cool!” ?
What characteristics?
What personality traits?
What opinions, perspectives, and experiences?
What makes this older person so cool, to you?
Take a minute to really think about this, and get as detailed as possible. If you have the time, maybe fill in parts of their history (i.e. make it up 😉).
Now, consider what you just imagined – is you.
Future You.
Consider that this really cool older person is what your future holds – regardless of your current or past circumstances.
Consider that in this vision lies the path to get there; your new checklist for success.
And, dare I recommend, consider this future version of you as the greatest life goal you could have.
These considerations may or may not resonate with you, depending on how you view old people and yourself. But if they do, you can take heart in knowing that this really cool older person you’re aiming to become is proof that your life will work out and you will experience success, happiness, and fulfillment.
This proof is rooted in the desire to experience life, rather than achieve and accumulate things in it.
To experience life is to be fully present, fully open, fully ourselves. It is when we are not present, open, and true to ourselves that problems move into our lives.
As we age, we are given the opportunity to learn more about ourselves and who we are, what we like and what’s important to us. The older we get the clearer we become about how we’d like to spend our time and what brings us most peace and fulfillment*.
This is the gift of aging.
Permission to change and be exactly who we are and who we want to become.
Aim to be the coolest [old] person you know – your intentional future self.
*If you find yourself thinking, “I’m already “old”^ and am no clearer on how to find peace and fulfillment than I was in my 20s!” – fear not! We are always the perfect age to get better acquainted with who we are.
If you’d like some help, I’d love to assist – book a consultation with me to illuminate some next steps to connecting to the coolest version of yourself.
^I’m also SO curious what your definition of “old” is!
