Here's the reframe that finally got me moving. I already collaborate with people every day — coworkers, friends, the people I live with. I can collaborate with my future self the same way. He doesn't exist yet, but I can do the thing today that he'll be glad I did, the same way I'd cover for a teammate.

That's what working with your future self actually means. Not visualizing him, not manifesting him. Doing one real thing now that hands him a head start. You don't become the person and then act like it. You act, and the identity catches up.