Acting Like Your Ideal Self: The Key to Personal Transformation

Jeff Crume
2 min readApr 1, 2023

Are you struggling to become the person you want to be? Whether it’s losing weight, becoming more confident, or achieving a goal, the key to personal transformation is acting like your ideal self. It’s not about faking it until you make it; it’s about consistently embodying the traits and habits of the person you want to become.

Take losing weight, for example. The first step is to ask yourself, “What does a skinny person do every day?” Then, start practicing those habits yourself — eating balanced meals, exercising, and practicing self-love. Even when you don’t feel like it, disciplined participants of change do what’s required of them. They rise above the control of their senses and exercise their will to carry out daily disciplines that produce the healthy body and self-image they desire.

At first, acting like your ideal self may feel fake. But with consistent discipline, it eventually produces the desired results. You become the person you’ve always wanted to be, outwardly and inwardly. Remember, you are always who you desire to be — you just haven’t shown up yet.

Ask yourself, “What would my ultimate self do in this situation?” And then, do that. Keep acting, saying, and doing what your ideal self would do until you wake up and recognize the person in the mirror as the one you’ve always wanted to be. Start today — take that first step towards personal transformation by acting like your ideal self.

#idealself #transformation

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Jeff Crume

Certified Grief & Crisis Counselor, Transformational Speaker, & Intuitive Life Coach. Sharing hope, spreading kindness, and empowering possibility.