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For an archetype of the anti-sentiment to your post, I highly recommend the autobiography of Donald Keene, renown translator of Japanese literature: Chronicles
by cmod 9y ago
For an archetype of the anti-sentiment to your post, I highly recommend the autobiography of Donald Keene, renown translator of Japanese literature: Chronicles of my Life: An American in the Heart of Japan [0]. He never stops working on the next project, biting off the next book. It's an inspiring life of rich and endless output, lived in such a gentle (almost heartbreaking) way.
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- stewbrew 9y agoThere's a difference between never stop working and living as if you would never die or having to invent a new life. As a young person you probably still have to find out who you really are and you tend to see time to live as an unlimited resource.