For me, the future never dawns so I’ve always struggled to see it. How will I be doing in the future? What are my goals? I’m going to college, getting a job. What am I going to do with that degree? A part of my brain that is constantly thinking about the future, and even the past, is the part of me that has a fear of the future.
Like most of us, my fear of the future is that I will be too busy to do the things that really matter to me. That makes me want to do them, which makes me want to be doing them, and then I will have to decide what I want to do about it. This is a problem because it takes a lot of energy to do nothing and just live your life in the present. You really have to want to get things done to make the most of your life.
The problem is that you have to be able to choose when everything that you want to do is important to you. Most people don’t have a hard deadline for everything, so they’ll forget to do things like eat and go to sleep. But once a person has set a threshold for what is acceptable and what is not, they can’t go back and undo that choice. You’re essentially choosing to be an asshole on purpose instead of just making a mistake.
The term “an asshole” is actually a bit of a misnomer and is actually a bit insulting. Most of us would like to think we’ve earned the right to be an asshole, but the reality is that all we really do is follow orders. We do this by taking actions that we think are justified, for whatever reasons. And that’s how we end up with the same actions over and over.
We need to learn how to not take our own actions personal and not blame others for our actions. That is especially true when we have the ability to do so. Futureperformance is the game that aims to change this. In the game, you are the one who controls the actions you choose once you’ve been granted ‘permission’ to be an asshole.
The final battle is where you are in the battle against the most powerful of the five people in the group. The person who has the most control over your actions is the one who controls the actions you choose. Or if you choose the person who has the most control over your actions, then you get to decide who has the most control over the actions you choose.
What you describe in those terms is called “permission denial” on a website. It is basically the same thing as a “I don’t have enough information”. It is also a way to try to defeat the concept of self-awareness which, as we’ve seen in other parts of this book, is a much better way to stop doing dumb things.
The problem is that when you deny yourself the ability to know you are doing something, you are in fact doing something. So you can be self-aware, or you can do something that you know is wrong, but it doesn’t matter. The best you can do is deny yourself what you know is going on, so that you can start doing something else.
futureperformance is a system that enables you to avoid the need to acknowledge your own actions. It’s a way to learn to do things without thinking about it, and to be able to do stuff you know you shouldnt. The system also enables you to do things you dont want to do, such as do yoga for the rest of your life.
Do you think futureperformance does enough to help you avoid your actions? If so, you should probably give it a try.