There are people that focus too heavily on making life livable at some future state, and end up with a massive chunk of life that wasn't lived. And this is essentially what the midlife crisis is. You start thinking about things like, well, for one thing, you will achieve what you wanted to achieve usually at midlife. So it kind of smacks you in the face, this unlived life. I think there's not much unlived life from that period, but there's still a little left. Let's see.
Life without death, says philosopher Dean Rickles, is like playing tennis without a net. In his new book, “Life Is Short: An Appropriately Brief Guide to Making It More Meaningful,” Dean challenges us to rethink what it means to get the most out of each day.
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