[ WP ] Every night in your sleep you meet a successful-looking future you who tells you what you should do the next day . So far your life has gone well indeed , but one day you fall asleep during the daytime . You meet a tired , disheveled version of yourself who begs you not to listen to the other .

I do n't remember the first time it happened, or how I came to believe it was real... but I've been having visions, visions of my future self telling me how to reach success in life. 
 I know it's hard work to get somewhere in life, especially when you're from a poor background like I am, but having a guide makes it so much easier; since I started having these visions I gained more insight in the world of business and how business works, I was on the path of my dreams. 
 
 Now I'm waiting for my turn to the doctor, I've been having back pain lately; as I'm waiting I feel my eyes closing, before I know it I find myself in the world of my visions. 
 I start looking for my future version, but who greets me is an old man, barely standing, looking at me with the saddest eyes I've ever seen, I slowly approach him. 
 `` Who are you?'' I ask. 
 No reply. Maybe he did n't hear me, 
 `` Who are you?!'' I ask, this time louder than before, he looks down and with a breaking voice asks me `` You're trying to get places are n't you? ``, 
 I stare at him surprised, I see a small tear coming down his cheek, I slowly respond `` y-yeah'', the old man continues `` success is a hard path to follow, there are many ways to get there, some better than others, do n't listen to the other one, he's blind''... the other one? Is he talking about my guide? I ask again this time more aggressively `` Who are you? ``, `` I'm a dead man'', somehow I feel the pain behind those words. I hear the nurse calling my name. 
 
 I head home after the appointment, cancel all my plans and lay down in bed. 
 I look intensively at the clock trying to fall asleep, once it hits the 10 I blackout. 
 
 I see fog everywhere, this time is different, I have a bad feeling. I see my future self walking up to me, `` Here you are!! Tomorrow is gon na be a hard day, let's not waste anytime and get to planning'', 
 for the first time I sense something new from him, I do n't know what it is though, I interrupt him and tell him about my experience with the old man, 
 `` I've never heard of him... you probably just imagined him''; 
 normally I'd believe him, but this time the old man's words were stuck in my head 
 `` He's blind... I'm a dead man...'' I hear my voice coming out from me, my mouth starts moving by itself 
 `` what is success? ``, 
 we both look at each other, he looks surprised and I can only imagine my expression is mirroring his. 
 
 There is a moment of silence then he says `` success is everything, having money, being able to do what you want, having control, power, being above the common people; the world runs on money, and I have all the money I will ever need, the one with the money is the one with everything''. 
 I feel my abs contracting as if someone just punched me in the stomach, for the first time since I started meeting him I realized who he really was. 
 `` That's wrong... success is n't just money and power, I never wanted those things, I realize it now, all I ever wanted is to one day have a family and to be able to support them... who is your family?'' 
 `` I do n't have a family, I used too... but she asked for a divorce and took custody of my daughter... I was left with nothing, family is only good to destroy you, they will betray you and take everything you have''. 
 I realized how much in pain he was, `` why did she divorce you?'' 
 `` She said I was n't with her enough, hypocrite bitch, she used to ask me to buy all sorts of things, I spent a fortune on her, money does n't grow on trees I had to work to buy her those things, she did n't understand I could n't allow myself to waste time... but it was a blessing, I realized how much she was holding me back, now I can focus on my business, and I will teach you how to prevent my same mistakes'' 
 `` you're making a mistake right now, you're feeling so much pain that the only way to cope with it is to live in money, you're blind to how you really feel, you're wasting your life, you're not successful... you're... you're a dead man? ``, it came to me, if my future self was leading me in the wrong path, why could n't an older self save me from it? At that realization the old man appeared in front of us, with a fading smile he went to say 
 `` Thank you''. 
 I'm awake. 
 
 I learned a lot from this, I do n't know if I'll ever be visited by visions again, but I know what my future can hold, and I know how to avoid it, the time for shortcuts is over, I will reach my goals by myself.
