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Daily Question, April 5

If I knew I had a year to live, what would I start doing now?

  • Annie

    If I only had a year to live I would go on the pilgrimage of my dreams to Medjugorje. I would pay for someone to go with me because I cannot go alone being disabled as I am. Since no one in my family wants to go …well maybe they would knowing my life was ending in a year …
    I also would give my family any special belongings …for example I have an antique oak love seat that I want my granddaughter Lexi to have.
    I’d like to give this question more thought…so I will come back later 🙂

  • Sandarpan Mukherjee

    Be kinder and more considerate towards people.

  • Linda

    Tell every family member and friend what they have meant to me.

  • Malag

    Starting pruning back what passes on to be dealt with by those dear to me starting with the social media accounts.

  • Anonymous

    We live in the moment and we will die in the moment.

    I will do the best I can.

  • ADP

    Be more kind and loving, spend lots more time with family and doing things I love to do. We take for granted so many things in this life. I try to keep this perspective often, because we never know when it is our time to leave this earth. So try to live each day to the fullest and enjoy the precious moments that we do have.

  • Hot Sauce

    If I knew I had a year to live, I would sell all my possessions and give the money to social justice and charity organizations. I would also spend more time with old friends that I haven’t seen in a while.

  • Hermann-Josef

    Carefully preparing my daughter to say good bye to her father. Looking for someone who will help her

  • Don Jones

    Ahh, but it is the myth. The idea that death is a finality. Who knows when the transition will occur. It could be hours, days or years. Life right now is what courses through this being and everything about it. The stories in the bubble are not real.

  • Hermann-Josef

    Carefully preparing my to be able to say good bye to her father. looking for somebody who could help her.

  • pkr

    I would call 1-800-JUNK & have it all hauled away! I would put what’s left on my back & journey far & wide! I would read great literature, look at beautiful art, listen to delightful music, soak up all Mother Nature has to offer on my way to “the Promised Land”! and PRAY…❤️

  • Diane
    What beautiful, thoughtful answers you all have shared. I'd like to embrace all of them. Although since I've already retired I can cross that one off the list. :) We just moved to a completely new area of the country and we have been doing much exploring of our surroundings....a completely different landscape from where I lived for the first 65 years of my life. So much more to see and do and many plans and adventures to plan and dream of....especially experiencing all the wonders of nature...

    What beautiful, thoughtful answers you all have shared. I’d like to embrace all of them. Although since I’ve already retired I can cross that one off the list. 🙂
    We just moved to a completely new area of the country and we have been doing much exploring of our surroundings….a completely different landscape from where I lived for the first 65 years of my life. So much more to see and do and many plans and adventures to plan and dream of….especially experiencing all the wonders of nature and wildlife that the western U.S. has to offer. With only a year to live, I imagine we’d be moving up our timeline to visit as many of these heavenly places as we could.

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  • Kylee

    Not let the stresses of life take up to much of my time. Don’t spend time being upset or angry about the things I can’t change… instead find joy in the little moments.

  • Chester

    One year, one hundred years, however you view, life is short. While I would like to think my overall approach to life and time would not change, the focus of my daily work certainly would – no more 5, 10, 20 year projects and many more 1 day, 1 week, 1 month projects. Suspect I would still link in to this site periodically as part of the normal routine.

  • Chris Berry

    Simply try to encompass every second in an attempt to bring joy to the planet.

  • Mica

    Be sure my will is up to date and that I have left nothing behind me that is critical of my children.

  • KC

    If I knew I had a year to live, I would make time for family, friends and community, and do my best to be present, available, thoughtful and generous with others. I would make time for nature, animals, beauty, music, and for art and writing. I would finish some pieces, and share them as widely and best I could. I would get rid of all kinds of stuff and put my affairs in better order…Oh my. A busy year!

  • sparrow

    . . . doing the things I love,
    connecting to the people I love,
    cherishing my beloved cats,
    savoring,
    soaking in
    the beauty of my own little world . . .
    writing
    reading,
    sketching . . .
    listening to the singing birds
    as I tend to my garden.

    “To plant a garden,
    is to believe in tomorrow.”
    ~ Audrey Hepburn

  • Charlie T
    I’m already doing the things that I would do, but I would quit working (of course 😁) and I would spend more time doing them. Hopefully, I would start planning for the year by sending out an email letting friends and family know my situation and intentions. This might include: Renting a big house for the year for friends to come visit. Guided mushroom trips. Fire pit gatherings. Maybe a meditation retreat. Music music music. And lots and lots of hanging out and sharing stories. Of cours...

    I’m already doing the things that I would do, but I would quit working (of course 😁) and I would spend more time doing them.
    Hopefully, I would start planning for the year by sending out an email letting friends and family know my situation and intentions. This might include: Renting a big house for the year for friends to come visit. Guided mushroom trips. Fire pit gatherings. Maybe a meditation retreat. Music music music. And lots and lots of hanging out and sharing stories. Of course this would depend a bit on what I’m dying of. I’m a practical dude, after all.

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    • Javier Visionquest

      “for friends to come visit. Guided mushroom trips. Fire pit gatherings. Maybe a meditation retreat. Music music music. And lots and lots of hanging out and sharing stories” LOL, Charlie T, this is a pretty apt description of my life now. Wish you were here! With the sweetness of it all, diabetes is killing me

  • alara

    My travel advisor for many years, so will continue with the journey.

    “I would love to live how a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding” -John O’Donohue

    • Diane

      Alara….rivers speak to me deeply. Beautiful quote from John O’Donohue…one of my favorite Celtic poet-mystics. Thank you for sharing. ♥

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