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Your Now wants:              

 

Eating for pleasure and comfort            

         

Avoiding the discomfort and inconvenience of exercise                                   

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Enjoying cigarettes; avoiding discomfort of not smoking                   

                                  

Enjoying alcohol; avoiding the discomfort of not drinking       

                                                   

Getting pain relief from drugs                                                         

Enjoying drugs (so many to choose from!)   

 

          

Borrowing money to buy now       

                           

Staying in bed a little later in the morning                                   

Doing the day spontaneously       

                           

Avoiding promises to yourself or others                                                      

Letting things flow; playing it by ear                                                       

Canceling or ignoring promises                                

Expressing anger and blame when hurt     

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Withdrawing/not communicating with another when feeling pressured       

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Staying in bed longer in the middle of the night when needing to pee   

      

Postponing the task until tomorrow                                            

Postponing the exercise until tomorrow 

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Returning the call tomorrow 

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Neatening up sometime later

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Thinking you'll remember it again later 

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Having freedom to do whatever 

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Avoiding or eliminating fear 

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Avoiding current pain 

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Getting current comfort and pleasure 

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Doing something more leisurely 

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Doing something “good enough” 

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Watching some more TV 

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Taking an afternoon nap 

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Following the curiosity of the moment 

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Taking things as an adventure 

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Doing what’s fun and easy 

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Being lighthearted about things 

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Expressing yourself spontaneously and freely 

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Giving up; quitting 

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Just hanging out in life 

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Just living an easy life

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Going along with the group 

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Not checking on messages and reminders  

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Rebellious, stubborn, and resistant to your Next

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Withdrawing from communication  

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Playing games on your mobile or computer  

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To create and maintain

Now-Next Integrity,

go to the NNI Toolkit.

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Related links:

Sleep

Under promising

Undoing expectations

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Your Next wants:

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Eating for health, energy, and longevity

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Exercising for health, energy, and longevity

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Being a non-smoker for health and longevity

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Drinking lightly or being a non-drinker     

 

                                                     

Avoiding addiction and fuzziness from drugs                                                         

Avoiding health damage/addiction; saving money, staying out of jail

             

Saving money; avoiding or paying off debt                                   

Getting up on time and starting the day                                   

Planning the day and following the plan                  

Making promises to yourself and others                    

Creating structures and using them                                                 

Remembering and keeping promises                               

Considering the relationship and holding your tongue          

Keeping the communication going

  

Getting up immediately when needing to pee

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Doing the task today   

                                       

Exercising today

 

Returning the call today

 

Putting the item in the right place now when you notice it

 

Writing it down now to ensure it is not forgotten

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Having structure to get results

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Feeling the fear and choosing courage

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Thinking, “no pain, no gain”

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Getting future comfort and pleasure

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Doing something efficiently

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Doing something with excellence

 

Turning in and getting to bed on time

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Pushing on and getting more done

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Staying focused with blinders on

 

Fixing the goddamn problem

 

Doing what you should and need to do

 

Being serious about things

 

Thinking before speaking or expressing

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Keeping going; persistence

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Going for the moon

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Contributing to the others in a big way

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Thinking for yourself and going your own way

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Checking regularly on messages and reminders

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Blaming, pushing, and ignoring your Now

 

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Choosing courage to keep communicating

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Doing something productive

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