I listened to an older Tim Ferriss podcast with Kevin Kelly.
Kevin spoke about an experiment he had done where he lived like he was dying.
He gave himself 6 months and counted down the days.
He said the usual things about how counting down your days concentrates your time and helps you figure out what’s important.
But there was one thing he learned that surprised me and stuck with me.
He said that having hope and making plans for the future is where life comes from.
There is a lot of hype around living in the moment and living for today, and I think it’s important to enjoy and appreciate the moments, but since listening to that podcast I have a lot more appreciation for the gift of hope and planning for the future.
Not everybody gets that gift.
I don’t think to live like you’re dying is really all it’s cracked up to be.