Today’s suffering stems from a lack of preparation in the past. To escape such a plight, I should have anticipated the present and started preparing back then; only in this way could I have mitigated the pain. By the same logic, I must reflect: if I want to spare my future self from hardship, I must start preparing for the future right now.
Constantly challenge the way things have always been done. More often than not, they are simply the inertia of the past, not a blueprint for the future.