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and every episode. Today we're going over Meditation 18 from book 4, which reads as follows,

do not act as if thou were going to live 10,000 years. Death hangs over thee. While thou livest,

while thou livest, while it is in thy power, be good. Never missing an opportunity to remind us of our mortality,

Marcus is at it again. You're going to die, and it's not as if it's guaranteed to happen when you're 90

years old and tired of living. It might instead happen today, or tomorrow, or right now,

and you had better act every day with that in mind where you're going to find yourself dying

with significant regrets. On this podcast and no doubt on others you have heard the Latin

Momento Mori, or Remember You Must Die. Why do you think you're remembering this? It's not to be

the most goth kid on your block, it's to keep yourself focused on the work you're trying to

accomplish, the changes you're attempting to bring about in the world, the mortality of your friends and loved ones, the unknown limit placed upon your consciousness,

etc. We say momento mori, and some of us even carry coins that say this or get tattoos that say it.

I don't, but some do, in order to remind us to constantly assess the way we're

spending our time and to ask of ourselves whether or not this investment of our time,

whatever it is when we ask ourselves this question, is the best use of what little time we have.

Now, that doesn't mean you can't muck around sometimes. It doesn't mean you can't have

a lazy Sunday or do nothing for a while while you're on vacation. It doesn't mean you have to be all

business all the time and have no fun. All it means is pay attention to the fact that you don't know when

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