Journal
Stoicism, memento mori, Steve Jobs's last-day question, and the arithmetic of a life in weeks. Written to be used, not collected.
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How Many Weekends Do You Have Left?A simple count of the weekends left in a life of about 80 years, by age, and what to do with the number.
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What Each Age Looks LikeWhat an 80-year life looks like at 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70: how much of the grid is filled, and how many weeks remain.
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What Makes a Life Rich?A reflection on enough, attention, and the weeks we keep postponing, inspired by J.L. Collins’s The Simple Path to Wealth.
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What Is Memento Mori?Memento mori is Latin for remember that you will die. It is an old practice of keeping death in mind so ordinary days stop feeling like a rehearsal.
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Steve Jobs and the Morning QuestionSteve Jobs was not a Stoic. He still used a daily memento mori: if today were the last day of your life, would you want to do what you are about to do?
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Famous Stoics on DeathMarcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus treated mortality as a working tool. Here is what they actually wrote, and how to use it.
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A Life in WeeksAn 80-year life is about 4,160 weeks. A life calendar makes that number visible so you can stop spending time you do not have.
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How to Practice Memento MoriFive concrete ways to remember you will die without turning it into a mood. Includes the morning question, a weekly calendar, and what to skip.