Living Your Last Days

This article is extraordinarily interesting. (Originally noted on this blog, a quality read.) The basic discussion is how you would spend your last days if you found out you had three months left to live (or any small amount of time really). The article discusses on man's take. He was a successful business manager who decided to handle his remaining days alive in a similar fashion, organising and prioritising in order to optimise.

This begs the question -- or it wouldn't be an interesting article -- what you would do with your remaining days? I have to say, I don't know how entirely different I would be currently living. Alright, alright... I would say I blow my savings, but I do a pretty good job of that now. I try to scrimp and save, but I'm frankly rubbish at it. I can scrimp and save for short periods of time if I can splurge it later (holidays, presents, etc). I would say that I wouldn't bother with my Masters. Again, truth be told, I am not overly stressing about it currently. I read, yes. I take notes, yes. And I will be full on later on... but right now? How would my daily life change? Um... I think I would make more time for people. But shouldn't I do that now?

I guess I find myself in a different place than typical when I analysed this perennial (doesn't it always pop back up as a heartwarming story?) rhetorical question. I'm not sure if it's good or bad that I am living in such a manner. Does it mean that I am just plain ol' happy or does it mean that I am the grasshopper in the grasshopper vs the ant story? My dad would say it's a matter of balance. Enjoy today while planning for tomorrow -- what else can you do?