Ngokuvamile sizinikela kithi: sidle okuthile okumnandi, kodwa okulimazayo, hlehlisa indaba ebalulekile kamuva, ulale eminye imizuzu engu-15, bese ugijima ukuya emsebenzini. Umbhali uDavid Kane unikeza indlela ehlakaniphile yokukusiza ukuthi uzilawule kangcono wena nempilo yakho.
Phambi kwami kulele ubhanana omuhle. Awekho amabala, ukuphelela okuphuzi. Ubhanana ophelele ngiyazi ngeke ungidumaze uma ngiwudla.
Ngifuna ukuyidla, ngakho-ke angicabangi ukuthi ngingakwazi ukuyihambisa endaweni yesine ngokuyidla ngehora noma amahora angu-4 futhi izonginika ubumnandi obufanayo futhi inginike inani elifanayo le-potassium. Ngiyakhohlwa ukuthi uma ngiyidla manje, uFuture David ngeke athole lutho. Ngakho-ke ngincoma uDavid-lapha-futhi-manje ngezindleko zikaFuture David.
Kuye ngezimo, ikusasa uDavid angase ajabulele ubhanana ngaphezu kukaDavide lapha namanje. Ukube ubhanana ubungakavuthwa, kusasa ngabe usufinyelele esimeni esifanele.
Futhi nokho uDavid-lapha-futhi-manje uyamvotela futhi usevele ehlubula isikhumba. Njengoba ngikhula, ngiyaqaphela ukuthi u-David-lapha-manje uya ngokuya eba nokuphana kozakwabo kusukela esikhathini esizayo. Ngiyethemba ukuthi ngelinye ilanga uyobaphatha kahle bonke abanye oDavid njengoba naye eziphethe.
Inqobo nje uma izidingo zikaDavide-lapha namanje zisabalulekile. Lokhu kuzwakala ikakhulukazi lapho ngokunganaki ngichitha imali eningi ezintweni eziwumbudane, futhi uDavid-of-the-future kufanele aqinise ibhande lakhe ngoba akakwazi ukukhokhela isheke.
Kubalulekile ukufunda ukuphatha ikusasa lakho ngothando olufanayo esiphatha ngalo ubuyena bethu bamanje.
Ngivame ukuthatha u-David-kusukela-kwekusasa ukuze nganelise u-David-lapha-futhi-manje okufisayo. Kodwa kancane kancane ngiqala ukuqonda ukuthi uDavide-wesikhathi esizayo uyoba uDavide-lapha-manje. Lanxa kunjalo, mina senginguDavida wangesikhathi esizayo, labo oDavida bamandulo ababebahlabela njalo ukuze kuzuze bona.
Isibonelo, manje uDavid angase acebe kakhulu futhi anciphe kakhulu uma oDavids-of-the-past bengazange bachithe imali engaka ngotshwala namaswidi. Kubalulekile ukufunda ukuphatha ikusasa lakho ngothando olufanayo esiphatha ngalo ubuyena bethu bamanje.
Khumbula ukuhlolwa kwe-marshmallow okwenziwa ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-60s e-Stanford? Abacwaningi bahlala izingane ezineminyaka emihlanu ubudala phambi kwe-marshmallow futhi bazinikeza ukukhetha: yidle ngokushesha noma ulinde eminye imizuzu engu-15 bese uthola ama-marshmallows amabili. Emva kwalokho bashiya izingane zodwa nesilingo.
Manje uDavid angase acebe kakhulu futhi anciphe kakhulu uma abakwaDavid-bakudala bengazange bachithe imali engaka ngotshwala namaswidi.
Ingxenye yesithathu kuphela yazo ingahlala imizuzu eyi-15 futhi ithole i-marshmallow yesibili. Lapho izazi zokusebenza kwengqondo zilandelela iziphetho zalezi zingane eminyakeni engu-15 kamuva, kwavela ukuthi zonke zithole imiphumela ephezulu futhi zaphumelela.
Ungafunda kanjani ukunakekela ikusasa? Nginamathiphu amabili:
Yamukela iqiniso lokuthi imanje sakho sekuyikusasa lakho. Namuhla uvuna izithelo zezenzo ezedlule. Uma ufuna ukuphumelela empilweni, zicabange ulapha-futhi-manje ubeka umata obomvu we-Future Self yakho. Abantu abaqeqesheke kakhulu yilabo abangaziqhayisa ngezinzuzo abazizuze njengefa ekunakekeleni kwabo nasekuhlakanipheni kwabo esikhathini esidlule.
- Thatha izikhathi lapho uvumela i-Future Self yakho phansi. Ngokuvamile zenzeka lapho uyothenga, ubuka i-TV, uvala zonke izinhlobo zamagajethi, noma ucindezela inkinobho yokukhansela i-alamu. Elinye iqoqo lama-french fries noma ama-donuts liwushevu owuthumela ephaketheni esikhathini esizayo.
Ngikholwe: Ikusasa lakho Isiqu sakho kakade nguwe, hhayi isithombe esithile abstract. Futhi kuyodingeka akhokhe izikweletu zakhe noma ajabulele ukuphila, kuye ngokuthi mina-lapha-na-manje ngizokwenzenjani.