Igor was stuck.

Older Igor smiled. “Then you’ll have two lessons. That’s called a collection. Now go. And for heaven’s sake, stretch your back. You’ll thank me at 29.”

He opened his laptop to scroll mindlessly — but a folder caught his eye. “Older4me.” A video file, dated five years from now.

As if hearing him, Older Igor continued: “You’re asking how I know. Simple — I lived it. And I made a promise back then. Every time I failed, I wrote down one thing I learned. Not to fix the past. To build a bridge for my future self. You’re watching that bridge right now.”

“You don’t need motivation. You need direction . Stop asking ‘Why me?’ Start asking ‘What is this teaching me?’ The guy who gets up at 6 a.m. tomorrow and applies to one different job — that’s me. That’s you. We’re the same person, just… further down the road. And I’m telling you: The road gets better. But only if you keep walking.”