Time, an elusive concept, often slips away unnoticed. 'It's Later Than You Think' delves into the profound implications of this reality, urging us to seize the moment, prioritize our lives, and understand the true value of time before it's too late.
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What it boils down to is this:
My life, in the best-case scenario, will consist of around 20 years of in-person parent time.
- The first 19 happened over the course of my first 19 years. The final year is spread out over the rest of my life.
In his famous 2005 commencement address at Stanford, Steve Jobs commented on the power of acknowledging his own mortality:
Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.
- 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.
You work and work for years and years, you’re always on the go. You never take a minute off, too busy makin’ dough. Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think.
Guy Lombardo, Enjoy Yourself, It’s Later Than You Think
- Enjoy yourself while you’re still in the pink. The years go by, as quickly as a wink
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When we’re young, we view life as infinite. When we visualize an optimistic lifespan in a single image, we realize it is anything but
- Everything we do is in anticipation of the future. When that future comes, we simply reset to think about the next future.
- Time is our most precious asset and the present is all that’s guaranteed. Spend it wisely, with those you love, in ways you’ll never regret.
Harsh Truth: You’ll only see your loved ones a few more times
Our time together is finite, but we fail to recognize it until it’s too late.
- Tim Urban, one of my favorite writers, wrote about this phenomenon in a recent New York Times op-ed
- Time is cruel. Your relationship with time is the ultimate unrequited love.
