Anarchy!

A way to think about each action is that your present YOU gives order to the FUTURE you and deals with the consequences of the action of PAST you. When you think about it like that, you might arrive at a few interesting conclusions. Here's one:

The PAST you is a dick, pretty stupid at times and totally indifferent to your present you. That guy doesn't give a fk that you'll have any hard time. But there's nothing you can do about it.

The FUTURE you seems to be always far far away and he seems well equipped to deal with the issues present you might not. So a lot of those issues can be solved by him and delegated. That's how you become the PAST dick you.

But one of the most interesting thing to me is that whenver you stick with a plan, you are actually obedient to the PAST you. Whenever you make a change, you are going against past thoughts and instructions and pass them on as new instructions to the FUTURE you. Change is revolution against yourself.
I like to think of it like that because is a good explanation why change is hard and sometimes impossible.

I like to think with some emphaty towards the past ME ( bless that idiot) and try to be more kind towards future ME ( good luck, dude!). But today, there will be revolution and chaos and angst.

I'm doing it all for FUTURE me, so better be worth it...