Future You vs Past You

so you've made some resolutions well. we've got the techniques to help you. keep them let's talk about. [Music]. that good mythical morning one of the. things we do on this show called Good. Mythical Morning is we ask you to ask us. questions of advice that we can then. answer with advice that you can either. take or leave we filled those from the. Facebook and Twitter uh Thanks for. liking us and following us and being our.

social friend we're here to help I feel. like you're a real friend Addie brez. off asks I I really I always say I'm. going to pronounce the names ahead of. time and practice them and then I never. do BR. off so clearly I practice how does a. person stay motivated to actually go. through with their New Year's resolution. well isn't this the question that. everyone is asking this time of year you. like many people M made a choice to.

resolve to become Resolute to have a. resolution to do something and you if. you're like 78% of the people who make. New Year's resolutions you my friend. will fail. 78% almost eight out of 10 people that's. okay first of all right off right out of. the gate I'll say because at least. you're trying I mean I'm not even I. don't have enough confidence in myself. to even resolve anything anymore I'm. pathetic I've made no resolutions this.

year you think it's all the intention is. the only thing that matters it's not the. only thing but it's valuable so I'm just. trying to start this off on a positive. note that you've made a resolution. that's good now let us help you keep it. okay I was going to say something about. intention without follow through is like. the mother of invention is like throwing. nothing it's like making the motion of a. baseball throw without a baseball in. other words it's just Fanning someone's. face.

wait which I'm saying is valuable if. that person's. hot as in temperature- Wise not. attractive. yes like this is logical anyway I love. how we're applying logic to this. stupidity are we going to help people I. have I have a great idea I believe I. believe that you in the present are the. best motivator for you in the future not. not a buddy but people do the buddy. system buddies fail buddies.

die sometimes but oh um you might die. but then if you die it doesn't matter. because the resolution is just kaput. anyway right what's the. idea the idea is that you make videos of. your present self talking to your future. self at intervals and then you have. those automatically scheduled to be sent. to you in some customary fashion so that. maybe once a month or once quarterly for. the year that you've got this resolution. you check in on you yes which is much.

easier than making videos of your future. self to talk to your present self right. that never works I've tried it okay so. in the future I'll get a message from. the past me that is more resolved than. my current me and that in that past you. will say things like listen I know this. has got to be getting hard but I want. you to get back to that place that I am. at right now the place that your mind is. at right now where you are so resolved. to not eat potato chips this year or.

whatever the thing might be so it's like. a life coach that you don't have to pay. for because it's you in the past it's. free you got to figure out the logistics. the logistics of scheduling but it is a. video it can happen it reminds me of uh. Miss wake' eighth grade class do you. remember this at the beginning of the. year she got us to write a letter to. ourselves and then she mailed it to us. right at the end of the year I never got. it I got my letter my mom wasn't into. that kind of thing checking the mail. just you know she's like oh this is.

something for him I'll just put it in. burn it put it in a shoe box anything. addressed to you was was was shredded no. and the funny thing about it was I. remember because it was I I think I. don't remember what it was go related. the only thing I do remember is I. thought it was for 18 when you were 18 I. thought it was Miss Smith's class and it. was when you were graduated college or. something it seemed long maybe I didn't. get the letter here's my point okay the. only thing I remember because I've. forgotten all of it is is that I was. motivated knowing that I was going to.

get that letter someday that the me that. wrote the letter was going to I wanted. to live up I wanted to please the past. me mhm I was surprised at the the. motivational quoti of that please the. past you that's my motivational thing. for the year Dustin Baker asks when do I. really need to stop writing 2013 on. things I would say in. 2014 you you mean like addressing a a. check.

or I don't think we need to ask a. followup question I think we know the. answer dating a check as if anyone does. that anymore there's a lady hey I was in. the grocery store the other day and a. lady was doing the check thing at the. grocery store I was like people still do. that they write checks at the grocery. store ladies older ladies older ladies. yeah they don't swipe things you should. write 2014 when it becomes 2014 you. should write 2014 on related question is. it now wrong to say. 2014 morally no.

but it is it is not advised because my. wife and I had this conversation she. said well it I can't believe it's now. 2014 I was like no it's not it's 2014 we. got to we got to let go of that I mean. you could you couldn't do that after. what 200 2009 once it came 2010 you were. supposed to say 2010 you have to make. the transition because you've got a. decade of saying 2000 something but then. you got to realize that this is just a. residual effect of the way we said it. through the first decade of the 2000. you're not going to say 2028 right oh. it's.

2062 Norm 20. 2062 2028 so you should start listen be. a part of the solution not the problem. say 2014 in 2014 if we say 2014 which. I'm sure we will because we just like. you have been ingrained to think that's. the correct way to do it correct Us in. the comments I think this is this is. helpful uh we also have a PO Box you. mail us things uh we sing a song as a. point of transition you know what day it. is it's Thursday.

Thursday 2014. Thursday beans. ma Thursday 2014 well it's going to be. that every time probably I mean that's. not really a date this year okay uh and. sometimes the mythical mail Boulder as. heavy as it grows still floats over here. so you can get a closer view of it and. sometimes that's not a boulder involves. Jason helping us here there he is okay. um that thing look at that it's 2014 all. right greetings from Chattanooga. Tennessee this is Vince and Sharon Von.

cleave from Tennessee Chattanooga yeah. the Von Cleaves as my husband and I were. preparing for our own strange holiday. tradition tacky sweater party GMM save. the day enclosed you will find the first. and last oh. my handcrafted poop log sweaters H. they're hoodies really ever created all. right so we're you know we're trying to. get over the holidays here but we had to. show this to you um what happens when. you put a hoodie over a hoodie we talked. about the Str strange Christmas.

tradition of the poop log and uh now. it's it's memorialized on a sweatshirt I. love big poops it's Christmas this this. whole this whole sleeve is dedicated to. saying nothing but the word. poop check this out L look at this watch. this log you didn't think this was. possible but check it out. look what what's happening double Hood. keeping with the poop them in poop theme. please enjoy the sticky stickers you are.

also receiving they were given to me by. seventh grader and I had no idea what to. do with them until now here's what you. do people if a seventh grader I don't. care if they're a total stranger if a. seventh grader comes up to you and gives. you something just immediately think I. this I should give I should REI this to. ret link finally you will find a golf. ball for my now defunct miniature golf. course that's sad I figured this like a. full report I figured it could be a. candidate for the Boulder and if nothing. else would allow me to give a shout out. to our Scenic City mini golf Partners.

usually they don't bounce very well. that's why they're the put put course. thanks Vince and Sharon um you are truly. being your mythical best we are going to. send you a be your mythical best. wristband available at our store rent. link.com store along with a lot of other. Stu it changes color with your. mood should I put this hoodie on it. doesn't really it's always green you. could I mean sure but it's not gonna be. as cool as what I've done because I've. already got a hoodie on you know what. time it is hey there guys I'm Miss Steph.

Roman from Pennsylvania in the States. and it's time to spin the wheel of. mythicality Von Cleaves you know what. we're going to give you a poster too the. reason we didn't say it is because we've. sold out but we've got more coming more. good mythical morning posters signs get. this in the meantime stay tuned for good. myth ofor when not only will I put this. on but we'll have an amazing. continuation of a discussion click. through to remain on YouTube our new. good Mythic more Channel. link what.

guess I'm going to go enjoy my. hoodie it's. me here I. is the linkster all alone being me just. me and you but mostly. me being link being. here um I could probably really make. good use of this time when it's just me.

if IID made a list ahead of time of what. I would do in a time like this uh. linking it up just being just linking it. out I got switched hoodies you could. have given me more link time can I have. another little bit I was just getting. into it. okay yeah I like. this this is an this is this this gives. you an idea of what I.

good mythical morning would be like if. it was just. me it wasn't much more time I I barely. completed you can't stay away I got. double now double Hood just give me one. more okay like actually count to 60 this. time okay before you come back one two. to Yourself four. silently so um yeah I mean enjoy it I. just gained a 60 more seconds of just me. and you.

you said 16 right sculptures are. categorized by size they have to to me. personally if someone's like two people. should have to lift it so maybe another. way to think it's not a sculpture until. it require a Twan lift.