Mortality and Living Fully
Comments reflect on the inevitability of death and its role in motivating people to make the most of their limited time, often citing quotes like Steve Jobs' 'remembering I'll be dead soon' and urging to live each day meaningfully.
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Sooner or later we all have to die. It's inevitable. But, if you feel like you might have wasted your life if you were to die tomorrow, why not get up and do something about it?
Enjoy life while we have it. In the long run we're all dead.
Live every day as if it is your last ... one day you'll be right
I already do live as if I will live forever. Only death can change that.
If you're expecting to die early, what have you left to lose?
Youβre going to die too, does your life not matter? Everything is temporary, and in one sense, that is what makes it special.
Realize that your time is limited on this planet and you don't know exactly when you'll die.
Reminds me of the Steve Jobs quote:"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.Almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already
Just consider yourself to not live long, that is the reality anyway
I disagree. I've found it's valuable to be reminded how short life really is; it makes you think hard about how you want to spend your finite time. This idea has really changed how I live my life, from small decisions (is scrolling twitter really worth it?) to big ones (do I really want to spend my precious life in this miserable job?).I read an article where they visualized each week of your life as a diamond. If you live to be 90 years old, all those weeks would barely be a handfu