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How To Use Time-Travel To Make Your Life Better
Yes, really
Ok, I understand that actual time-travel isn’t possible… yet (I’m still hoping to see a DeLorean appear on my street with flaming tyre-tracks behind it one day.) But moving between the present, future and past in your mind is a powerful way to better live intentionally.
The “live your day again” theory of Viktor Frankl can maximise your productivity. The Sam Beckett (Quantum Leap) approach of asking the right questions can help you find your purpose. And truly understanding the temporal nuances of Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’ can help you discover what will really make you happy.
Join me in the time tunnel and let me explain…
Imagine You’re Living This Day For The Second Time
Viktor Frankl published a short, but very influential book called ‘Man’s Search For Meaning’ in 1946. In it, he described his own experiences of German wartime concentration camps. His insights led to a theory that each person needs to find something in their own life to give it meaning.
With a defined meaning to your life, Frankl reasoned, you could use a simple psycholgical trick of imagined time-travel to maximise your productivity:
“Live as if you were living already for the…
