Most people assume the future will just “work itself out” and never contemplate the future they are building, one moment at a time.
Another newsflash: The future doesn’t work itself out in your favor. Entropy guarantees rot unless energy is applied. That energy? Your thinking. Your decisions. Your habits.
Close your eyes and fast-forward 10 years. Imagine you are meeting yourself at a coffee shop in 2036. Two versions of you walk in.
Version A: The Worst You.
This version made the same choices in 2026 as they did in 2025. Same habits. Same excuses. Same processed food, video games, (hehe I don’t play video games – but it was great for illustration) and addictions. She avoided the hard work and the hard questions. She succumbed to her overstated fears of failure, judgment, and humiliation. Look at Worst You— Look at the regret seared into her face.
Version B: The Best You.
This version decided to choose hard in 2026. She slaughtered the bad habits and built new ones. She quit the soul-sucking work. She fired the toxic people in her life. She continued to built the business. She learned the latest skills. She repositioned social media from an entertainment pacifier to a business tool. She took calculated risks and spat in fear’s face. Look at Best You. Look at the freedom she possesses. The joy. The happiness.
Now open your eyes.
If you don’t change your choices, you are currently on the path to becoming Version A… Worst You.
The only thing that switches the track to Version B is the decisions you make right after reading this post. And then again, day after day.
As I like to say: New Year’s Resolutions are for losers.
Why?
Because a New Year’s Resolution is a confession that you’ve had zero self-reflection throughout the year. Zero assessing. Zero adjusting. That tells me everything I need to know.
2025 is history. You can’t change it. But you can learn from it.
Review your year. Visualize your trajectory. Use your power of mental time travel, and avoid the path leading to WORST YOU.
If you want to change your life, change your choices.
To a Better YOU and A Better ME,
Your friend Ella