# Essential questions to ask your future self

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Membership
- Speaker: Meg Jay
- Year: 2021
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/meg_jay_essential_questions_to_ask_your_future_self)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

How much do you think about your future self? If your answer is not much, you're not alone. It can be difficult to plan for a version of yourself you haven't met yet, says psychologist Meg Jay. Sharing how to close the empathy gap between you and your future selves, she outlines courageous questions to ask about how your present and future can align, so you can begin to achieve your goals. (This conversation, hosted by TED current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers, was part of a TED Membership event. Visit ted.com/membership to become a TED Member.)

## Lectures

1. [Essential questions to ask your future self](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/meg_jay_essential_questions_to_ask_your_future_self/bdb0b551ed9c), 11 min (TED's player)