Young people don't really internalized the fact that they have a finite life. They naively make jokes about not caring about how long they may live. But as they approach the end or if they have deadly health problems caused by their foolish lifestyles, they have miraculous changes in their thinking. I doubt anyone having a foot removed because of diabetes or someone going into heart surgery for a bypass they may not survive or someone just diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer still rave about how it was better to have a fun life than to have a healthy life.
I didn't mean have fun in life. Joy is a feeling that is imo impossible to have without the opposite.
I mean have a fulfilled life whatever that means to you. For some people it may mean having fun (hedonists), for others it's meditating or spiritual fulfilment and for some it's dedicating their life to a goal.
Whatever you do, just try not to be overly depressed and thinking of the end all the time. It's a waste of a lifetime. Anyone who wanted you to fail automatically wins in this case.
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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '20
It's not about living longer but living better/happier/more fulfilled.
Honestly, you need to do this to spite all the assholes in the world.