Reflective Essay Sample about The Future

Most people have always wondered what their future self would bring them. The future is a mystery that will unfold as time goes on. But we probably have all wondered what we will look like? Where will we live? Who would we be friends with? What are our jobs? Etc. Life will not just turn out in our odds unless you work for it, so if I'm being honest life is a roller coaster with a lot more downsides than up but the upsides make up for it in the end. 

When I grow up I would love to do something in the arts: Singing, dancing, acting, etc. The arts interest me for a variety of reasons. Dancing and Acting spark my interest in the arts and I particularly do not know why. Over time things change as do people. I will be a lot different in the future not only physically but mentally as well. I think in the future I will look different but I will probably have more confidence in myself and others. will be better at decision-making and better at time management and keeping a routine steady for longer periods. When I grow up I will have a lot more mental capacity for stress, burnout, breakdown, and all of that. When I grow up I hope to be my role model for my past self, I want to be the best version of myself whenever I can. Who do I feel like I am now? I feel like I am this potential blob just sitting in my bed. I could do so much more if I got up out of my bed and did something but that is a lot less tempting than watching another episode of your favorite show or watching a video of someone else being the productive person you want to be.  

The right path does not have a huge sign over it saying the right path follows the breadcrumbs, but the right path is something you should know that you're on. I think that I am on the right path 80% of the time. The other 20% is when you're having reset days, to me reset days are days when you do nothing to get yourself ready for the productive, healthy days that you will have going forward. There are some changes that I could make and to me, the most prominent is that I need to distribute my workloads better because I try to put as much on my plate as I can until I burn myself out. I think I should distribute work evenly to set myself up for a productive week instead of doing everything in one day and only having one productive day instead of the seven days in a week. I think another change I can make is separating my past self from my future self by doing things that my past self would not do and grow 1% better each day and by one year a whole new person would have emerged from maintaining a life where you can make your life better one step at a time. 

The future is not unpredictable because the things you do know will lead to what you do next week, one month, or even years later in your life. My future self is hopefully what I set out for myself to amount to when I grow up but none of that is just handed out, it is all worked for.