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I Just Found Out That I Only Have 46 Years Left To Live!

I have a friend and client named Matt. He is a mortgage broker for Met Life Home Loans. He is so ADHD that he can barely hold a conversation. (He knows it and readily admits it, so I am not talking behind his back here.) Actually, HE can hold it. I just can't even come close to keeping up! A few weeks back, we were talking about a sub-division project that he has listed with us when he started talking about the value of knowing exactly when you are expected to die. (I told you he was ADHD!) He told me about the power that it had given him and how he had changed his life based on his new knowledge.

With his encouragement, I logged on and found that I only have 46 years left to live! At first I panicked. 46 years isn't nearly enough to get all of my plans completed. Then I realized that if  I am going to get my life's goals completed, then I better have a plan and I better get to work. So, how has this changed my life? (Hang with me here, I just found out about my mortality about 5 minutes ago!) I have realized several things:

1. There are many things that I want to do before I die that will have to be completed sooner rather than later. I am not sure that I will be able to surf 20' Tavarua at 80 years of age! Planning and priorities are important.

2. Procrastination is not an option! 46 years may seem like a long time, but I have some very big plans. Time is of the essence! I need to get started right away.

3. When looking at something as final as the end of your life, You realize that there is no room for excuses. You can have reasons or you can have results. You can't have both!

Jedi Master Yoda said it best with:

"Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try."

I started to imagine what my headstone might say. I can't even imagine a gravestone that is engraved with, "Oh well, he tried his best, Really!"

46 years is a long time. If you don't plan, your 46 years may look like only 23 in a blink of an eye. Next thing you know, it is almost over.

Love the people around you. Plan to have a fulfilling life. Live every day like you only have 46 years left!

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