Write Your Goals in the Prophetic Perfect Tense
floguo · x · 2026-07-19
Write your goals using the "prophetic perfect tense"—phrasing them as if they have already been achieved. The post includes a Wikipedia explanation of this grammatical concept to poke fun at this "foretold as done" writing style, making it a lighthearted self-motivation meme.
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