What if I knew I'd die in 35 days?

http://founderzen.com/2011/04/19/times-flying

by sajid • 15 years ago

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dereg• 15 years ago

So basically, he'd live almost exactly like he does right now?

dansingerman2• 15 years ago

I guess that is the unstated conclusion. If explicated I guess it would be too much like spoon-feeding.

Me? I would definitely not live the same way.

zalew• 15 years ago

> Me? I would definitely not live the same way.

so maybe start now?

mathnode• 15 years ago

You still have time to finish Portal 2.

Swizec3• 15 years ago

> Nightclubs: Waste of time. Being around people posing in a space that fosters no real connection or depth, I wouldn’t spend my time on.

I disagree, nightclubs can be awesome when approached with the right mindset. Chaos, total cacophony and the total freedom to make a complete fool of yourself and others without anyone caring one bit even 10 minutes from now. It's all just so liberating and awesome, the kind of freedom one can rarely get anymore.

A good alternative is to take a car and race it down the freeway as fast as it would go, but that's slightly more dangerous and quite a bit more illegal.

In general what I think his list is missing terribly is letting go. Everyone, about to die or not, should have a few hours a week where they can just completely let go and get in touch with their primal self.

brg3• 15 years ago

the total freedom to make a complete fool of yourself and others without anyone caring one bit even 10 minutes from now. It's all just so liberating and awesome, the kind of freedom one can rarely get anymore.

You are free to live every day like that, and you would be much happier.

Swizec3• 15 years ago

Sure, but do I want to deal with the consequences ... no.

nadam• 15 years ago

1. I would definitely live differently if my expected remaining life time would be 35 days than if it would be 35 years. Some preojects are more long-term in nature.

2. This list shows that the author is very young... On my list there would be almost only one item despite I am a passionate programmer/hacker/creator in my 35-year-expected-lifetime-remaining mode: spend the time with my FAMILY (I have two small children).

araneae• 15 years ago

If you knew you'd die in 35 days you would probably be in hospital and too sick to do any of these things.

brg3• 15 years ago

Or hacking up a death clock on GAE.

krav• 15 years ago

Actually, the author is turning 40 :)

But, he is single, doesn't have kids, and has done the travel, nightclubs, sex with many women thing, so using that experience.

If one thinks about it, none of us know the final day, we just live like it's far away in never never land. In a previous career, I worked in a level one trauma ER, and in four years, watched hundreds, if not close to a thousand, people die. Makes one think. None of those people woke up that morning, got ready for work, and got in their cars thinking this'd be their last day.

So that thought went into this as well. It was an off the head list, more of how I would live, and more importantly, how I should live whether I have 35 days or 70 years left.

I'm sure if I was to do the exercise next year, there'd be new items, some from current list might go. But that's the beauty of life. We grow, we change, we evolve.

It is a good exercise for anyone to do, regardless of age and impending birthdays. I highly recommend it.

What if I knew I'd die in 35 days?

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