Show HN: Life calendar – use the concept of Memento mori to embrace every week
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#2The thought of not having anything significant to remember a week by, and then thinking about how finite those are seems to depress me more than inspire.
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#3If you're going to use terms like Memento Mori, please at least spell them correctly and consistently.
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#4This may work wonders for others, but it would be terrible for me.
This would make me think (obsess) about running out of time and on toiling to make a "legacy". I like the exact opposite, _not_ thinking about mortality or legacy. This gives me the freedom to just enjoy every week and try to do things that make me happy.
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#5I made an Android live wallpaper with a similar premise:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.machineryc...
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#6This may work wonders for others, but it would be terrible for me. This would make me think (obsess) about running out of time and on toiling to make a "legacy". I like the exact opposite, _not_ thinking about mortality or legacy. This gives me the freedom to just enjoy every week and try to do things that make me happy.
You're not wrong. I get more stressed when I can't just think and live in the moment. Not that we should ignore the big picture, but life is the moment to moment. Trying to live like all we do is what people post on social media would just lead to a downward spiral.
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#7If you're going to use terms like Memento Mori, please at least spell them correctly and consistently.
Oops, that's embarrassing, cheers for pointing it out :)
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#8The thought of not having anything significant to remember a week by, and then thinking about how finite those are seems to depress me more than inspire.
Same here... the whole idea of this depresses me! I couldn't bring myself to fill in the form to create the calendar1
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#9This is interesting. I once calculated the approximate number of weeks I had left to live and wrote it on my whiteboard, estimating my lifespan from family history and trends (+ 4 years/generation for my family's men). I subtracted 1 every Monday.
My wife thought it was pretty morbid. I never thought to deliberately punctuate each week, though. It was motivating at first, but wore off.
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#10The thought of not having anything significant to remember a week by, and then thinking about how finite those are seems to depress me more than inspire.
I feel the same way, and also about those apps people use to record a short clip or take a photograph every day. But I gather they are relatively popular, so what do I know!