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Wellbeing Through Conversations with Your Future Self

Imagining a conversation with your future self, as depicted in various science fiction narratives, can have significant benefits for your wellbeing.

  • Editor Staff
  • November 18, 2023
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Imagining a conversation with your future self, as depicted in various science fiction narratives, can have significant benefits for your wellbeing. This concept, explored in both literature and psychological research, suggests that seeing our future selves as less of a stranger can help us make better long-term decisions. Advances in artificial intelligence may soon enable more realistic interactions with a projected future self, aiding in making choices that align with our long-term goals and well-being.
  

Key Points: 

  1. Psychological Benefits of Imagining the Future Self: Engaging with the idea of meeting your future self can improve decision-making and emotional connection to long-term goals.
  2. Challenges in Relating to Future Selves: People often see their future selves as strangers, leading to a disconnection that can result in prioritizing short-term desires over long-term benefits.
  3. Bridging the Gap with Future Self: Techniques like visualizing age-progressed images or writing letters to and from one’s future self have been shown to strengthen the connection between the current and future selves, influencing better decision-making.
  4. Potential Role of Artificial Intelligence: Future advancements in AI could enable more tangible interactions with an imagined future self, offering personalized predictions based on individual life experiences and characteristics.
  5. Reflection and Decision-Making: Considering questions you would ask your future self can help in reflecting on current life choices and their long-term impacts, thereby improving decision-making in the present.

 

Source: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231114-time-travel-what-if-you-met-your-future-self 

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