Seri: 365 days with self - Discipline

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Day 9: On your future self

In four studies, participants interacted with realistic computer renderings of their future selves using immersive virtual reality hardware and interactive decision aids. In all cases, those who interacted with virtual future selves exhibited an increased tendency to accept later monetary rewards over immediate ones.

 —Hal E. Hershfield 9

 Studies suggest that people who are aided with technology to imagine their future selves are more likely to delay gratification. In the case of the cited study, they’re more likely to save money for retirement.

 This shows that your self-discipline is largely affected by your ability to feel empathy toward your future self. If the vision of you ten, twenty, or thirty years from now isn’t particularly vivid, you’ll have a hard time denying yourself pleasure today so that the stranger in the future can benefit.

 For this reason, consider occasionally meditating on your future self. Ask yourself if today you’re grateful for the choices you made several years ago, or if you wish that in the past you had been more concerned about your future. Are the choices you’re making today choices that are only benefiting the present “you,” but don’t contribute to — or worse, jeopardize — your well-being in the future?

 The person you’ll become in ten years will most likely not be the same person you are today, but it will still be you — and it’s in your hands whether, ten years from now you’ll look back and feel glad you extended self-empathy well into the future, or find that you decided to be selfish and steal from your future for some fleeting pleasure today.

Vacobulary

aid /eɪd/

[uncountable] money, food, etc. that is sent to help countries in difficult situations

humanitarian/food/medical aid

An extra £10 million in foreign aid has been provided for victims of the earthquake.

international aid workers

empathy /ˈempəθi/

the ability to understand another person’s feelings, experience, etc.

 empathy (with somebody/something) the writer’s imaginative empathy with his subject

 empathy (for somebody/something) empathy for other people’s situations

 empathy (between A and B) The empathy between the two women was obvious.

vivid /ˈvɪvɪd/

(of memories, a description, etc.) producing very clear pictures in your mind

SYNONYM graphic
vivid memories
He gave a vivid account of his life as a fighter pilot.
meditate /ˈmedɪteɪt/
[intransitive] to focus your mind, usually in silence, especially for religious reasons or in order to make your mind calm
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Studies suggest that people who are sự giúp đỡ/eɪd/ with technology to imagine their future selves are more likely to delay gratification. In the case of the cited study, they’re more likely to save money for retirement.

 This shows that your self-discipline is largely affected by your ability to feel sự đồng cảm /ˈempəθi/ toward your future self. If the vision of you ten, twenty, or thirty years from now isn’t particularly sống động/ˈvɪvɪd/, you’ll have a hard time denying yourself pleasure today so that the stranger in the future can benefit.

 For this reason, consider occasionally thiên định/ˈmedɪteɪt/ on your future self. Ask yourself if today you’re grateful for the choices you made several years ago, or if you wish that in the past you had been more concerned about your future. Are the choices you’re making today choices that are only benefiting the present “you,” but don’t contribute to — or worse, jeopardize — your well-being in the future?

 The person you’ll become in ten years will most likely not be the same person you are today, but it will still be you — and it’s in your hands whether, ten years from now you’ll look back and feel glad you extended self-empathy well into the future, or find that you decided to be selfish and steal from your future for some fleeting pleasure today.

Studies suggest that people who are aided with technology to imagine their future selves are more likely to delay gratification.Các nghiên cứu cho thấy những người được hỗ trợ bởi công nghệ để tưởng tượng về bản thân trong tương lai của họ có nhiều khả năng trì hoãn sự hài lòng hơn. In the case of the cited study, they’re more likely to save money for retirement. Trong trường hợp của nghiên cứu được trích dẫn, họ có nhiều khả năng tiết kiệm tiền hơn cho việc nghỉ hưu.

 This shows that your self-discipline is largely affected by your ability to feel empathy toward your future self. Điều này cho thấy sự tự kỷ luật của bạn bị ảnh hưởng phần lớn bởi khả năng cảm thông đối với bản thân trong tương lai của bạn. If the vision of you ten, twenty, or thirty years from now isn’t particularly vivid, you’ll have a hard time denying yourself pleasure today so that the stranger in the future can benefit. Nếu tầm nhìn về bạn mười, hai mươi hoặc ba mươi năm nữa không đặc biệt sống động, bạn sẽ khó từ chối niềm vui của bản thân ngày hôm nay để người lạ trong tương lai được hưởng lợi.

 For this reason, consider occasionally meditating on your future self. Vì lý do này, hãy xem xét thỉnh thoảng thiền định về bản thân trong tương lai của bạn.Ask yourself if today you’re grateful for the choices you made several years ago, or if you wish that in the past you had been more concerned about your future. Hãy tự hỏi bản thân xem hôm nay bạn có biết ơn vì những lựa chọn mà bạn đã thực hiện vài năm trước hay không, hay nếu bạn ước rằng trong quá khứ, bạn đã quan tâm nhiều hơn đến tương lai của mình. Are the choices you’re making today choices that are only benefiting the present “you,” but don’t contribute to — or worse, jeopardize — your well-being in the future? Những lựa chọn bạn đang thực hiện hôm nay có phải là những lựa chọn chỉ mang lại lợi ích cho “bạn” hiện tại nhưng không đóng góp vào - hoặc tệ hơn, gây nguy hiểm - hạnh phúc của bạn trong tương lai?

 The person you’ll become in ten years will most likely not be the same person you are today, but it will still be you — and it’s in your hands whether, ten years from now you’ll look back and feel glad you extended self-empathy well into the future, or find that you decided to be selfish and steal from your future for some fleeting pleasure today. Con người bạn sẽ trở thành trong mười năm nữa rất có thể sẽ không phải là con người như ngày hôm nay, nhưng đó vẫn sẽ là bạn - và nó nằm trong tay bạn cho dù mười năm nữa bạn sẽ nhìn lại và cảm thấy vui vì đã mở rộng được chính mình. - cảm thông tốt cho tương lai, hoặc nhận thấy rằng bạn đã quyết định ích kỷ và đánh cắp tương lai của bạn cho một số niềm vui thoáng qua ngày hôm nay.


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  1. Zuriiilúc 00:24 26 tháng 2, 2022

    The person you will become in ten years will most likely not be the same person you are today, but it will still be you and it's in your hands whether, ten years from now you''ll look back and feel glad you extended self-empathy well into the future or find that you decided to be selfish and steal from your future for some fleeting pleasure today.

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