1734: Chasing Daylight: Some Thoughts on Mortality by Chris Guillebeau on Living An Intentional Life

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🗓️ 9 September 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Chris Guillebeau offers us some introspective thoughts about our own mortality. Episode 1734: Chasing Daylight: Some Thoughts on Mortality by Chris Guillebeau on Living An Intentional Life Chris Guillebeau is a New York Times bestselling author and modern-day explorer. He is the author of 5 books and his daily podcast, Side Hustle School, is downloaded more than 2 million times a month. Every summer in Portland, Oregon, Chris hosts the World Domination Summit, a gathering of creative, remarkable people with thousands in attendance. Chris is also the founder of Pioneer Nation, Unconventional Guides, the Travel Hacking Cartel, and numerous other projects. During a lifetime of self-employment that included a four-year commitment as a volunteer executive in West Africa, he visited every country in the world (193 in total) before his 35th birthday. The original post is located here: https://chrisguillebeau.com/chasing-daylight-some-thoughts-on-mortality/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalLivingDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily, episode 1734,
0:03.3	chasing daylight, some thoughts on mortality.
0:06.4	By Chris Killabo of ChrisKillabo.com,
0:09.2	and I'm Justin Malik, the guy who's been reading articles, book excerpts,
0:12.6	even student essays to you every day, including holidays,
0:15.7	covering personal development, or self-help,
0:18.4	how to live a better life, and a lot more.
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0:26.8	to get new episodes for free.
0:28.9	Today's post being from Chris Killabo, so let's get right to it,
0:31.9	and start optimizing your life.
0:38.3	Chasing daylight, some thoughts on mortality,
0:41.6	by ChrisKillaboofChrisKillabo.com.
0:45.6	I recently read two books about the choices people make
0:48.4	when faced with the knowledge of their forthcoming death.
0:51.8	The first book is called Last Acts, and was written by a doctor
0:55.2	who worked predominantly with hospice patients.
0:57.8	Throughout the book, people make different choices.
1:00.5	Some seek to create closure with their loved ones,
1:02.8	and prepare as much as possible to say farewell to life as we know it.
1:06.8	Others refuse to accept the reality of their forthcoming death,
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