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Obituary - Imagined Life - Coggle Diagram
Obituary - Imagined Life
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Statements
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
Almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
Memento mori, which is Latin for, Remember death. In order to remind them that they would someday die, and that they therefore should attend quite carefully to each decision they made while still living.
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Believe that dots will connect down in the road =>
Give confidence to follow your heart => They somehow already know what you truly want to become.
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What You Can
Do Right Now
- Cultivate Selectivity
(Socioemotional selectivity)
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List down activities
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Activities turn out bored and you:
- Still continue doing it or
- Get off it as quickly as possible
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- Treat the Quest to Add Meaning to Your Life as a Creative Challenge
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Meaning Prompts
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MP5. What approaches have actually worked for others, including traditions and cultures?
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MP6. Suppose you were on your deathbed. “What would you be happy or sorry to have done and not to have done?”
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MP7. Suppose you knew that you only had some specified unit of time left to live (e.g., ten days or six months). “What would you decide to do with that time? ”
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Guidelines
Remember, this is an exercise in
creativity and imagination.
Be imaginative, be playful, have fun
Make decisions with Remembering Self in mind, even if the Experiencing Self is trying to pull you in a different direction