There are more than a few books, articles, and websites that posit the question, what would you do if you had (fill in time-frame) to live? The idea is to spark some call to action, a focus on what's important.
The aforementioned is useful as a primer at best, and is a speed bump at worst. I've actually thought about the question, seriously. I'll get to the why in a bit. I just took one of those Facebook quizzes to see how close I was. It was eerily accurate, based on general life expectancy for my demographics. However, it was a bit longer than I expected.
Most people are forced to confront their mortality in a number of ways. For me it was a couple of near-death experiences, and most recently, writing my will. What makes the latter even more stronger than the former, is that writing a will forces you to assume that you are dead or dying by making you plan for it in some detail. It's especially sobering if you have a spouse, and more so, young children kids. You have to have discussions along the lines of, hey, can you be guardian to my kids in case I die sooner rather than later?"
The truth is, we are ALL dying. Right now, all of us. We are just at different levels of awareness. I find that the more aware one is about one's mortality the better.
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