self? How will you stay committed to your dreams when you find such a good reason to give it up and just survive? You will do it by looking up and seeing your future self. You will do it by knowing, in the deepest sense, who you are and that no matter what happens, you can and will have what it is you truly desire. This is when your strength will be tested and increased. This is when you can set an example and become more of who you really are. Plan for greatness despite the circumstances and you will find it. Exercise: • Describe your future self five years from now in detail. • What advice would you (now) tell your past self? • What guidance does your future self tell you now? 218 • If IAm So Smart, Why Can’t I Lose Weight? Uon’t e^Yect it to be easy. L^Yect it to be ha1C3 anC Xnow yoD can hanCle it.