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It's a great book if you feel overwhelmed with all the things you must/should/want to do and struggle getting the most out of your remaining weeks.
Depressing and inspiring. My dad gave me seven stones once. He said each is a decade of time you have. Then took two away, and threw them. He said use the rest as you can.
20 years old is too late to start any personal development, try this approach with stones to 10 years old instead.
50 years old is a final point due to "A Mathematician's Apology" by Hardy.
What i learned from this project is that it will be way brighter if you started it a few decades earlier. Also i have a little complain that i need to wait for too long before a baloon appears at any black square while having an impression that a baloon to a gray dot appears almost instantly. I know this is due to a weak laptop with 1-core CPU which i am using right now.
Depressing and inspiring. My dad gave me seven stones once. He said each is a decade of time you have. Then took two away, and threw them. He said use the rest as you can.
I have a similar page that generates my life in weeks: https://diary.geekodour.org/ It's a hugo site with the dates linking to hugo posts. I agree with the first comment, this definitely gets depressing at times but guess it is what it is :)
Depressing and inspiring. My dad gave me seven stones once. He said each is a decade of time you have. Then took two away, and threw them. He said use the rest as you can.
I would throw one more. Because: 20 years old is too late to start any personal development, try this approach with stones to 10 years old instead. 50 years old is a final point due to "A Mathematician's Apology" by Hardy.
‘In his foreword to the 1967 edition of the book, C. P. Snow describes the Apology as "a passionate lament for creative powers that used to be and that will never come again".’
Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's a lot to lose, in fact. Anyone who has lived in deep poverty and watched as loved ones became homeless or suffer from painful/serious health conditions because treatment is too expensive knows how much there is to lose.
A very serious and/or disabling health condition could deplete your savings in a few months even if you are considered middle class and have health/disability insurance. There's no guarantees there. Also, becoming homeless is extremely unlikely as long as you are healthy and able to work. Even a $15/hr job can put a roof over your head and buy you food.
Reminds me of this quote from Steve Jobs' famous commencement speech: Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
There's a lot to lose, in fact. Anyone who has lived in deep poverty and watched as loved ones became homeless or suffer from painful/serious health conditions because treatment is too expensive knows how much there is to lose.
> Life 38.10% complete well that was a downer on the night, i was already having a little struggle with feeling like time is running out.