We’ve all heard the adage live each day as if it were your last; and that is certainly a nice poetic idea. However, as the philosopher Roman Krznaric points out, they’re not necessarily practically effective. I understand the idea of not wanting to waste the time that has been given me, but if I found out now that I was going to die today, I think I might spend too much of the day panicking to get much else done. Far more resonant with the actual circumstances of our lives might be to imagine what we might do if we knew we had six months to live. What would you do with those six months? What would you give up? With whom would you spend your time? What would you no longer tolerate? Whom would you forgive, and whose forgiveness would you seek? What project would you complete? What would you do for, and with, others?
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