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The Marie Forleo Podcast

479 - How Should You Spend the Rest of Your Life? (3 Questions to Decide)

The Marie Forleo Podcast

Marie Forleo

Self-improvement, Education

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Your time on earth is limited. Are you making the most of it? Listen now for a loving wake-up call, plus three questions to uncover how to make the most of your time — while you still can.

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0:00.0

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

0:05.6

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

0:11.7

The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief.

0:16.8

Assuming you live to be about 80, you have just over 4,000 weeks.

0:24.3

Oh, I mean, did that hit you in the gut like it hit me?

0:28.9

Four thousand weeks.

0:31.9

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

0:36.9

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

0:41.7

meaning you are not an infant, that means you've already blown through quite a big chunk of your 4,000 week elatement.

0:49.4

That is a sobering wake-up call, am I right?

0:52.9

And, you know, I think many of us have been experiencing what I call

0:57.0

the great reassessment. In fact, I think a lot of folks are reassessing their lives and asking

1:03.3

themselves some very important questions like, how do I want to spend my time differently moving

1:09.1

forward? I mean, do I really want to be on my phone

1:12.4

for hours a day looking at social media, people trying to convince you how great they are? Do I really

1:18.1

want to keep working these punishing 10 to 12 hour days staring at a computer screen as though I'm

1:23.6

going to get some grand first prize hustle trophy at the end? Or will I ever get to

1:28.7

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

1:34.8

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

1:40.8

is actually this magical window of opportunity to make some long overdue changes.

1:47.4

So with that in mind, I'm really curious, where are you in terms of the great reassessment?

1:53.0

Has this been on your mind lately and in your heart lately?

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