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Show HN: A living wall of life goals and deathbed regrets

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Post by jamespetercook »

Answer the question "Before I die, I want to..." and post it to the wall.

I built this as part of a journaling app I’m working on as a side project. Personally I find life goals fascinating - they're the things we think will make us feel the happiest and the most fulfilled, yet often people think they won't achieve them.

I have tried to make it feel atmospheric with the goal of making you stop and think about your own life for a second.

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Post by jamespetercook »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #2

If you ever decide you don't want to run this anymore, I'll take it over and wire it up to the Internet Archive for long term storage. Great project in search for meaning and the human experience.

That's a great idea. If it gets no traction, I'll be in touch. If it does, I might still ask you for some help...

If we had access to the same question being asked at different times through history, I bet the answers wouldn't be so different.

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Post by w10-1 »

Call it Memento Mori?

I find life goals and wishes to be mostly regressive projections.

To me the real value is understanding people's regrets -- typically for lacking courage.

When everything, including yourself, is against you, it's only not wanting to regret a lack of courage that can motivate you.

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Post by toomuchtodo »

jamespetercook wrote: post #3
toomuchtodo wrote: post #2

If you ever decide you don't want to run this anymore, I'll take it over and wire it up to the Internet Archive for long term storage. Great project in search for meaning and the human experience.

That's a great idea. If it gets no traction, I'll be in touch. If it does, I might still ask you for some help... If we had access to the same question being asked at different times through history, I bet the answers wouldn't be so different.

Happy to help, just let me know what I can do.
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