Meg Jay

So I think we always need to be in conversation with our future self.

It's just something that's new and usually quite difficult for 20-somethings.

Yeah, so, you know, again, it depends on the goal or, you know, what ended up happening between you and your future self in this conversation.

But I think like most long-form projects, so I would suggest some, you know, pencil and paper, you know, do some math, sort of sketch out some things just to start with.

And then...

As you go along, you might realize other things that are important to you down the line that you want to be sure that you get in there and add in there.

And then I would figure out, it depends on what it is, but a schedule that works for you where you check in about your progress on, you know, hey, am I being true to myself and to my future self in terms of what I said I was going to start prioritizing more?

So maybe that check-in is...

once a month.

Maybe it's every year on New Year's.

Maybe it's your birthday.

It really kind of depends.

But I do think, I mean, having this conversation one time because you, you know, heard my chat today and then dropping it is probably not going to do a lot for you.

But if it's kind of the beginning of an ongoing conversation with yourself and, you know, like with any goal, it's probably something we need to keep circling back around on of,

OK, is that is this still what I want and how am I doing on this kind of create some accountability?

And so for that, that is where I think some people find I'm going to tell a friend or I'm going to tell my pastor or I'm going to, you know, write it in my journal or whatever it is for you to kind of say this is a goal that I'm going to own and I'm going to keep coming back to it.

Yeah, my pleasure.

It was really fun.