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I've always felt I would die young. I'm not sure where that thought came from, but, weirdly, it has served me well. I've done everything to cram as much 'living' into my life as I can, just in case the next breath is my last.
There are so many disasters in the world – tsunamis, earthquakes, floods. Sure, it's statistically unlikely that one of these events will take you out, but still… People act as though they have 300 years to live instead of 80 (give or take a decade or two).

If you're in your 30s now, and live to be 80, you have fewer than 2500 weekends left. Doesn't sound like many when you put it in that context, does it? You just never know.

I think about this whenever I ignore something I really want to do, and instead do something I don't really want to do. I wonder whether 'that' was my last chance. I've even started admitting that when I'm alone I eat dessert first. And I've been advising some of the older, wearier, members of the audiences I present to that they should do the same thing.

Is this attitude morbid? Maybe. Does it help me revel in every minute of every day? Definitely...

Excerpted from an article originally published in the Jan/Feb 2012 issue of YourTradingEdge magazine. All rights reserved. © Copyright 2012, Your Media Edge Pty Ltd.
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