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peacebeard ◴[23 Oct 25 22:46 UTC] No.45688386[source]▶
“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it. Life is long enough, and a sufficiently generous amount has been given to us for the highest achievements if it were all well invested. But when it is wasted in heedless luxury and spent on no good activity, we are forced at last by death’s final constraint to realize that it has passed away before we knew it was passing. So it is: we are not given a short life but we make it short, and we are not ill-supplied but wasteful of it… Life is long if you know how to use it.”

― Seneca, On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It

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kadoban ◴[23 Oct 25 22:57 UTC] No.45688489[source]▶
The heedless luxury and "no good activity" are some of the better parts of life.

Personally I live for the every day, I'm not worrying too much about what I will regret for a few hours on my last day(s) if I even make it there.

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peacebeard ◴[23 Oct 25 23:22 UTC] No.45688730[source]▶
You are your own judge of what activities are worthwhile. Spending your time on those activities which you value is not a given.
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1. kadoban ◴[24 Oct 25 02:07 UTC] No.45689953[source]▶
Absolutely. I hope the author of the quote would agree. There are (many) days I waste even by my own judgement, which is something I try to get better at, so I certainly agree strongly with my own interpretation of the author's words.