2021-04-04 On the brevity of life

When you always feel like your life is not complete, and something in the future will make you whole, you’re never content. It’s one of the toughest paradoxes in life. On the one hand, we need to plan, invest in ourselves, and save money, so we have a better future. But if we put too much weight on our future plans, we risk becoming dependent on them. That’s the last thing most of us want.

We want to live a good life — NOW. When death comes knocking, we can’t say something like, “Hold on, just give me a few more months, I’m in the middle of starting a new business.” That’s how most of us go through life — in the middle of something: Getting a degree, buying a house, aiming for a promotion, writing a book, you name it. But we all know we’re not going to live forever.

So, what to do? Forget about the future and only live for today? Or plan for the future and forget about today. That’s the paradox. And there’s not an easy answer to this because life happens in seasons. Sometimes we’re more focused on the future, especially when we’re going to college, switching careers, coming back from an emotionally draining break up, you name it.

But the majority of our time should be spent on enjoying today. Not because life is short. No, that all depends on your perspective. What matters is that you live well. And funnily enough, we all have an answer to what that exactly means to us. We just need to live according to our definition of it every day. That’s a well-lived life. All the best.

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