just another girl on the subway

Remembering this adult Coco vision from chapter 88, and I have alot of very jumbled thoughts/theories about it.

The Coco here is clearly wearing *Qifrey's* cloak, which would make you think that her adult self is going to be more like him (and also raises red flags about Qifrey's fate). But, keep in mind, this vision comes from *Qifrey* telling Coco about her future, not Coco talking about her own. This isn't a sneak-peek for the readers, this is what Qifrey personally thinks the future holds for her. This panel also doesn't show her face, which could just be for mysterious flair. If I was Shirahama I also would not randomly drop a full adult Coco design with zero warning, but I also believe it's meant to show that Qifrey believes that this is a future that he's not going to be present for :(

This Wouldn't be the first time we saw a character try to predict Coco's future instead of her predicting her own, too. Brimhat Coco is the opposite of the Coco we know. Covered in a series of chaotic spirals instead of her signature straight lines. This could be to show that this potential future Coco has gone completely off the deep end, yes, but it can also show that this portayal of her is *out of character*, and merely a vision of those who believe this is her fate. The above panel is from Utowin, and like, no shit one of the km is gonna be a little biased.

The only time Coco specifically references her potential brimhat self (that I can recall, at least) it's portrayed specifically as something that could've happened, and not something that will.

Now, with all this talk of characters predicting Coco's future self for her, what does Coco herself see?

Well uh. Nothing. When Coco talks about her own thoughts of the future witch she's going to become, we don't get any potential future visions. Simply the Coco of the past, and Coco of the present. Her description of who she wants to be is admittedly very similar to what Qifrey thinks, but it never portrays his *vision* of her future self as correct.

With the amount of emphasis Witch Hat puts on Coco forging her *own* path, making her *own* choices, becoming her *own* witch, I truly believe that its not out there for me to think that both of the potential futures we've seen for her are not fully correct, and that her true adult self is going to be a surprise for all of us.

* Build routines that still work on your worst day, not just your best one.

* Decide in advance what "good enough" looks like when your energy is low.

* Keep your standards flexible but your commitment non-negotiable.

* Notice the excuses that you frequently make because they usually follow a predictable pattern that you need to learn to break.

* Reduce the number of decisions you make daily so your goals don't compete with decision fatigue. Put your goal related habits on autopilot, ideally as early in the day as possible. You should never have to guess or ‘figure out’ what you should be doing.

* Let your goals determine your actions instead of letting your mood decide them. You don’t study because you feel like it, you study because you want to be a competent lawyer.

* Create a ‘minimum’ version of your routine that keeps your streak alive. Literally the most embarrassingly low effort task that just barely counts as doing the work. But you are indeed doing the work and you haven’t abandoned your mission, and on days like these that's all that matters. Keep moving forward even if it’s millimeter by millimeter.

* Stop checking to see if you feel like it before you do something. Who cares, just do it.

* Learn to recognize the difference between needing rest and simply seeking comfort. Half the time you take a social media break while studying isn’t because you truly needed a break, but because you are experiencing the friction of not knowing something and are retreating to something easy and comfortable. 

* Pay attention to the first habit you abandon, because it often predicts what comes next. Like an evil domino falling. 

* Make restarting/continuing so simple that one missed day never becomes a missed month. Remember, the itty bittiest actions can be the spark that's needed to ignite big changes. Sounds cliche but it’s true!!

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