The 5 Year Test
Think back to 2018 and ask yourself the following questions…
What job did you have?
How much were you being paid?
How much did you have in your savings?
Were you in a relationship? Who with?
Where did you live?
Who did you live with?
Who was your best friend?
What were your hobbies?
Have there been any family changes - do you have a child now or have you lost somebody close to you?
What was important to you then?
Look at a picture of yourself and notice your physical appearance.
Take a few minutes and jot the answers down on a piece of paper.
Next…
I want you to answer the same questions but for 2023.
The point is not to understand if you are in a better or worse position than you were 5 years ago, but to realise that you are in a DIFFERENT position than you were 5 years ago.
I am willing to bet that most of those things in 2018 are different today…
And that should come with some comfort that in the next 5 years you can be a completely different person…
You can be in a job that you love, you could be getting paid more, you could be in love, you could be fitter, healthier, and the list goes on.
What’s important is intentional reinvention. Knowing that things will be different and taking control of it.
When you reflect on who you were 5 years ago you start to understand that who you will in 5 years will be completely different to who you are today.
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