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I discovered the concept of "memento mori" a year or so ago. it's latin for "remember that you have to die."
since then I've tracked every week of my life on a 52x80 grid. every sunday I black out a box. I've crossed out 1,319 boxes now and assuming I live to 80 then I have 2,841 boxes left.
here's a picture of it on my wall.
some of you may resonate with this and some of you may not thinking it's too grim. I just know that it has helped me tremendously.
every time I feel fear I always go back to the thought of "one day you will die" and 95% of the time that's enough to push me through the fear and do whatever it is I was afraid of.
now I know some of you may not want a massive calendar on your wall so I created a little tool. the idea is to set your page as your browsers homepage and be reminded of that fact that you are mortal and have finite time.
http://deathcalendar.com (probably could have thought of a less aggressive name)
the idea for the site was inspired by a site I saw on reddit where the counter tracks days instead (http://countmydays.com)
a favorite quote from my homie steve
some of my favorite videos relating to death.
since then I've tracked every week of my life on a 52x80 grid. every sunday I black out a box. I've crossed out 1,319 boxes now and assuming I live to 80 then I have 2,841 boxes left.
here's a picture of it on my wall.
some of you may resonate with this and some of you may not thinking it's too grim. I just know that it has helped me tremendously.
every time I feel fear I always go back to the thought of "one day you will die" and 95% of the time that's enough to push me through the fear and do whatever it is I was afraid of.
now I know some of you may not want a massive calendar on your wall so I created a little tool. the idea is to set your page as your browsers homepage and be reminded of that fact that you are mortal and have finite time.
http://deathcalendar.com (probably could have thought of a less aggressive name)
the idea for the site was inspired by a site I saw on reddit where the counter tracks days instead (http://countmydays.com)
a favorite quote from my homie steve
some of my favorite videos relating to death.
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