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| author | Ewout Wieten <ewout@ewy.one> | 2023-01-10 14:09:13 +0100 |
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| committer | Ewout Wieten <ewout@ewy.one> | 2023-01-10 14:09:13 +0100 |
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diff --git a/entry/ten-years/index.html b/entry/ten-years/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7ef78ed --- /dev/null +++ b/entry/ten-years/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html lang="en"> +<head> + <title>Ten years | ewy.one</title> + <meta charset="UTF-8"/> + <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/reset.css"/> + <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/terminal.css"/> + <meta content="Thought: ten years from now | ewy.one" property="og:title" /> + <meta content="Where should you see yourself ten years from now?" property="og:description" /> + <meta content="https://blog.ewy.one/entry/ten-years" property="og:url" /> + <meta content="#3E3B37" data-react-helmet="true" name="theme-color" /> +</head> +<body> +<header><h1>Where do you see yourself in ten years?</h1></header> +<main> + <p>Where do you see yourself in ten years? For such a cliché interview question, I have been asked this + very rarely. Incredibly, the only time I remember having to answer this was back when I desperately + wanted to be in the army; sadly a possibility that has now passed me by. However, thinking about + this question is paramount to long term success. Even the smallest habit you exhibit could have + disastrous consequences. + </p> + <p> + Ten years is a long time. Too long, even. It would be unreasonable to expect people to think this + far ahead. After all, it's easy to justify (for example) a diet infraction: if you're peckish, + you want to eat. In the moment we know of the long term consequences, but we trick ourselves + into believing their helplessness in the matter. Ten years later, imagine how much fitter you could + have been, had you simply thought about it a little longer. + </p> + <p> + This behaviour is very harmful; we train + ourselves not to be responsible, but to seek solace in short-term pleasure. Instead of disciplined + we become mere servants to our animalistic instincts. One can not call themselves whole if they do + not have control over their impulses. If you were to insist otherwise, you are simply delusional. + </p> + <p> + To achieve this control, it is vital we determine what impulses are justified and which + should be quelled. The difficulty of this should not be understated; are you + really improving the right processes in your life? For example, I don't blame myself if + I get exhausted from physical or mental exercise (read: work). I simply consider these + to be unavoidable. This makes me a complete and utter hypocrite. + + </p> + <p>Although I could work more on my physical fitness, instead I delude + myself and insist that I like things the way they are. It is trivial to imagine what + my life would be like in ten years if I simply committed to going to the gym a couple of + hours per week, and instead I choose not to. + </p> + <p> + What gives? + </p> +</main> +<footer> + <a href="/"><< Return</a> +</footer> +</body> +</html> + + |