Past you did something hard so present you could have this. Say thanks, then do the same for the next one.

Whatever feels easy today was paid for by a version of you who found it hard: the practice, the forms, the semester you got through when very little felt possible. Most people walk straight past that and count only what is still undone. Giving yourself credit is not arrogance; it is accurate.

Name one thing in your current life that past you built. Then ask what next-year you would like to be handed. Start it this week at the smallest useful size, which is exactly what past you did back when nobody could promise it would matter.