Research shows that people who learn how to more vividly and plausibly imagine their own personal futures are more likely to make healthy eating choices, keep up new exercise or meditation habits, save money for long-term goals, complete their education, vote in elections, buy more sustainable and environmentally friendly products, break the cycle

Our relationship to time—better put, to temporality—implicates some of the most mind-bending and exciting conversations in philosophy, psychology, economics, and neuroscience. Humans have a unique ability to mentally zip through time, moving back and forth through the past (memory), the now, and the future (imagination). We are time travelers, of a

our ability to contemplate how we will be in the future, may also be our greatest source of anguish.

Future Self-Continuity Questionnaire: How vividly can you imagine what you will be like in ten years from now? 1-not at all 2-not very well 3-somewhat 4-pretty well 5-very strongly 6-perfectly How similar are you now to what you will be like ten years from now? 1-completely different 2-somewhat different 3-a little different 4-similar 5-very