> You want to be able look back on your life from some point many years in the future and say "I lived it the best way that I could". You don't want to look ba

> You want to be able look back on your life from some point many years in the future and say "I lived it the best way that I could". You don't want to look back on your life on your deathbed and think "Man, my whole life, I knew that this day would come and render it all pointless, and now I've proved myself right!" I don't see how these statements are mutually exclusive.