We're still in this global pandemic, right? Our entire lives have been turned upside down

and many of us do not want to go back to the breakneck pace of the before-times.

Hey, it's Marie Forleo and you are watching MarieTV. The place to be to create a business

and life you love, and this, my friend, it ain't Q&A Tuesday.

Now, my question, which I'll get to in just a moment, is from an insight that really struck my heart.

You see, this brilliant gentleman named Oliver Bergman made a keen observation and he said,

The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be about 80,

you have just over 4,000 weeks. Oh, I mean, did that hit you in the gut like it hit me 4,000 weeks?

I don't know about you, but to me, that does not seem like a very long time at all.

Now, assuming that the vast majority of people watching the show right now are like you,

meaning you are not an infant, that means you've already blown through quite a big chunk

of your 4,000-week allotment. That is a sobering wake-up call, am I right?

And you know, I think many of us have been experiencing what I call the great reassessment.

I mean, we're still in this global pandemic, right? Our entire lives have been turned upside down,

and many of us do not want to go back to the breakneck pace of the before times.

In fact, I think a lot of folks are reassessing their lives and asking themselves some very important

questions like, how do I want to spend my time differently moving forward? I mean, do I really want

to be on my phone for hours a day looking at social media, people trying to convince you how great

they are? Do I really want to keep working these punishing 10 to 12-hour days staring at a computer

screen as though I'm going to get some grand first prize hustle trophy at the end? Or will I ever get to

write that novel, or learn that language, or take more trips, or spend more time with my family

while they're actually still alive? I got to say, from my perspective, the great reassessment is

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