(2A1B3) Acknowledge Your Future Self As A Separate Being

Since your brain understands your Future Self as a separate person, make that idea explicit. Externalise your future self so you can navigate the empathy gap. I might not do nice things for Future Me because it's just me, who cares. But if Separate Me is an Entirely Separate Person from myself then of course I would treat them with the care and respect I would any human. So if I would do something for someone else to make their lives better or make their day better, then I should do that for Future Me. Because Future Me is actually not me, they're a different person.

I want to read more about the science behind this because it sounds fascinating.

Up:: I Need To Treat Myself Like A Sim
example:: (2A1B1) Life Is A Game
Also putting this concept into practice introduces whimsy, so it's making more of a game of life

I got this idea from zettelkasten.de: https://zettelkasten.de/posts/develop-empathy-future-self/