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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by BigBen931
I have to ask, are you happy with that outcome? Have you finished school? If I was on my last day, I wouldn't study for that test next week or start that 5000 word essay.
That was my point... If every day was your last, you would have no money in the bank, no job promotion, no friends (fuck you, this is my last day on earth, i am NOT spending it with you) so when people SAY that that is how they live, they are delusional.
I've been there. I do not want to live like that. I ENJOY looking forward to things.
Hey, I get your point, do you get mine??
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Yes, I am very happy with the outcome so far. I have no regrets so far. In fact I'm quite far from where I had envisioned where I would be at my current age when I was a youth even from when I was in my early 20s. I too enjoy looking forward to things. Living like today is the last doesn't mutually exclude looking forward to things. Quite the contrary, I'm quite optomistic that tomorrow will be better than today, it may not be, but I'm still optomistic of the possibility.
Not true about the items you tossed in. In my opinion, I WANT to spend time with some of my friends even MORE SO if I have limited time on this planet. (Tuesdays with Morrie illustrates this quite well.) I also try to make a habit of telling them I love them when we part. It doesn't happen as often as it does with my family, but I have been making a very concerted effort to say it.
I enjoy excelling. I liked passing tests. I like being challenged. Thus, I have pushed my career into directions I thought I never would have taken.
Saving money in the bank is because I cannot spend it as fast as I make it... or at least I see no value in doing so. I like to travel the world, so I save up my money to facilitate such things. Saving for retirement? Of course, but if you "live everyday like it's your last..." then why are you saving? Because I know that there's a good possibility that today isn't my last day.
I think the best way to describe the answer to you is to define MY meaning of live life like it's my last day on earth...from what I'm understanding is that because you are going to die then so does your responsibility to society, friends, family, yourself, it is okay. Never mind that the burden and consequences of your actions will encumber the community, your family, etc.
As far as I'm concerned, my certain and impending death does not release me from my obligations to be a good contributing human being to the rest of the community.
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