What inspires you in life to do your best?

This.

We live in a society where we try to forget about the gamechanger.

Death.

Let me ask you one question.

What would you do if you died in exactly two years?

What changes would you implement in your life? What things would you check off your bucket list? What would you finally say? What would you finally do? Who would you tell to f’ck off, and who would you ask out?

Think about it.

Death is inevitable.

The day will come when you sleep and never wake up again.
You will be gone. Your consciousness will leave your body. You will lay under the soil or get burned to ashes.

When the time arrives, all your actions are due. You’re past the threshold. You’ve used up all your time.

Finish line.

Only the memories of you remain. Memories from your friends and family…

There is a time limit on your life. I REPEAT:

There is literally a point in time, not long from now, that you’ll never open your eyes again.

No more…

• hugging and cuddling with your loved ones,
• saying “I love you”walking around in beautiful nature,
• following your favorite hobbies or passions,
• laughing and joking around with your closest friends,
• appreciating your surroundings.

But what if…

• You hugged and cuddled much more with your loved ones now?
• You said I love you with all your heart and more?
• Experience the beauty of life everyday?
• Follow your hobbies or passions as often as you want to?
• Laugh and joke like it’s your last day on earth?

You could go to sleep with a calm heart.

Now is the time to decide how you want to feel on your deathbed.

There was a caretaker who asked people on their deathbeds about their biggest regrets. [1] Here are their 5 biggest:

• Not living a life true to themselves, but what others expected them to live.
• Working too hard.
• Not expressing their true feelings.
• Not staying in touch with old friends.
• Not allowing themselves to be happier.

There’s barely anything more depressing than seeing an elderly man in his deathbed cry about his past.

I imagined myself on the deathbed… Looking at the sky in terror, balling my eyes out that I haven’t lived my life. Thinking about everything I could’ve experienced and everything I said “no” to.

I would so deeply wish to turn back the time. But nobody can.

This is what changed me.

Often, we forget about what’s important in life.

We’re hung up on our last conversation.
We’re distracted by our thoughts.
We’re absorbed by our daily struggles and forget the main goal.

You want your last moments to be of peace, so your death becomes eternally peaceful.

Imagine being able to see all of your past collected into the form of a mountain.

Feelings you experienced less, fill the top of the mountain. Feelings you experienced more, fill the base of the mountain.

Most of that mountain can be made of:

• Hard work.
• Wasted time on social media or Netflix.
• Following orders and expectations of society.
• Greed, Fear, Jealousy

or

• Hugs and Kisses.
• “Together-Time” with your loved ones.
• Appreciating your friends and relatives grow over the span of years.
• Gratefulness & sharing your time.
• Smiles, laughter, and joy.

The decision is on us, and only us. I’ve opted for the latter and will help others make the same decision.

For once and for all, there’s nothing more important than living a life worth living.

Footnotes

[1] These are the 5 biggest regrets of the dying | Considerable