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> I did not ask for this existential crisis this morning :( Personally I have https://www.bryanbraun.com/your-life/weeks.html https://www.bryanbraun.com/your-

> I did not ask for this existential crisis this morning :( Personally I have https://www.bryanbraun.com/your-life/weeks.html https://www.bryanbraun.com/your-life/weeks.html printed and hanging on the wall next to me, and each week I fill another square. Having a real-time view of how long we have left to live have always filled me with energy and hope, somehow. But similarly to you, many people seem to think it's macabre/bizarre.

copperx 3y ago
When I was younger I thought the visualization was really cool and somehow abstract. Now that I have lived a bit more, I find it not macabre, but nonsensical. A terminal disease or an accident could be right around the corner. It seems a bit delusional to have a countable number of days "left". That only the best case scenario. Besides, it's terribly self-centered. If you're taking care of an elderly parent or someone with a terminal disease, then it can be macabre to be so focused on your own mortality. I don't see how it can be motivating. But perhaps I'm missing a key insight.
- capableweb 3y ago
  > When I was younger I thought the visualization was really cool and somehow abstract. Now that I have lived a bit more, I find it not macabre, but nonsensical. That's funny, it's not until I've gotten older and closer to an actual end that I start finding it motivating and not just distracting and stressful. I guess when I was younger I was more panicked with death. Of course it's not meant to be accurate, but meant to instill "live now" instead of "live in the future", meaning I want meet more with people, stop working as much as I do and do what I enjoy, etc. It's not really a focus, it's something I happen to accidentally glance at in something like a weekly basis. It's not hanging on the side of my display, so I'm not really "focused on my own mortality".

copperx 3y ago

When I was younger I thought the visualization was really cool and somehow abstract. Now that I have lived a bit more, I find it not macabre, but nonsensical. A terminal disease or an accident could be right around the corner. It seems a bit delusional to have a countable number of days "left". That only the best case scenario. Besides, it's terribly self-centered. If you're taking care of an elderly parent or someone with a terminal disease, then it can be macabre to be so focused on your own mortality. I don't see how it can be motivating. But perhaps I'm missing a key insight.

capableweb 3y ago
> When I was younger I thought the visualization was really cool and somehow abstract. Now that I have lived a bit more, I find it not macabre, but nonsensical. That's funny, it's not until I've gotten older and closer to an actual end that I start finding it motivating and not just distracting and stressful. I guess when I was younger I was more panicked with death. Of course it's not meant to be accurate, but meant to instill "live now" instead of "live in the future", meaning I want meet more with people, stop working as much as I do and do what I enjoy, etc. It's not really a focus, it's something I happen to accidentally glance at in something like a weekly basis. It's not hanging on the side of my display, so I'm not really "focused on my own mortality".