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Do something different. What would you do if you knew you only had a year left to live, a month, week, day? Get a remote job, travel the world. Join an exciti
by alexjray 12y ago
Do something different.
What would you do if you knew you only had a year left to live, a month, week, day?
Get a remote job, travel the world. Join an exciting startup or start your own. Take a step back and think about the bigger picture, break the mundane system, you're in a unique space and time to do so. Do what makes you feel alive, if you don't know, experiment. Whatever you choose to do don't settle, you only get one chance...
- pavel_lishin 12y agoI don't feel like the "what would you do if you had a year/week/day left to live" is a very useful question. If I had a day left to live, I'd try LSD, heroin and probably pick a fight with someone I didn't like, not try to learn a new technology.
- andkon 12y agoYou're sure you'd spend your last days being completely unlike you? Then maybe you aren't living that honest a life.
- pavel_lishin 12y agoI'd spend my life as a person who re-evaluates priorities given new data. I don't do heroin now because I would (likely) be trading decades of health and happiness for a temporary bliss, followed by crippling addiction and the loss of my family, friends, and job. (Also, I beg HN not to let this thread turn into an argument about drug policy, responsible drug use, etc., etc. There are probably people out there who can use heroin responsibly; I almost certainly would not be one of them.)