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First, people began wondering why no one thought much about dying. People began thinking about their imminent deaths: on a certain date, at a certain time, every person died. They figured if they knew the date they would die, their lives would change dramatically. They would appreciate their one and only lives much more intensely. So, people began writing an estimated death date on a piece of paper and taping it on their bathroom mirrors. Imagine how their lives changed. Even as a teenager, emotions, perspectives changed. Before the widespread "death date" technique took off, most teenagers wanted the years to whiz by to reach the age of 16 so they could drive, or 18 when they graduated from high school, or 21 when they were legal adults. But with their parents' date of death on the bathroom mirror, the teenagers no longer said, "I cannot wait until I am sixteen so I can get my driver's license." For, they would be that many years closer to the parents' date on the mirror, and the teenager would be that many years closer to his own date. Now, no one wanted the years to whiz by. Instead, even teenagers appreciated every moment of their own lives and of sharing moments with loved ones.
Now, this idea grew into something more than just an estimated date of death taped to their mirrors. People in the late 20th century and early 21st century turned their dates into monthly countdown sheets with monthly squares to "X" off. Each month that went by, they would "X" off one square. When they were babies, their parents would "X" the squares for them. By their third birthday, before they even knew what was going on, 36 squares of their lives were already gone. Figuring that everyone started out with 900 squares (75 years average x 12 months), they only had 864 left.
At 38 years old, people had less than half their squares left. And as they grew older, they did not slow down. For now, they were intensely aware of their mortality and were interested in leaving a legacy. What happened when those open squares, for the first time, dropped from three digits to two digits -- under 100 left? Just 100 months left! Did they slow down for "old age"? No, instead they picked up their pace. How much have I done with my life? They kept asking themselves. Not much time left!
They broke out of restricting comfort zones and did not hesitate to take worthwhile risks. For, the only real valuable commodity became those open squares. They had only those open squares in which to accomplish and experience everything they would ever accomplish or experience in life. A stagnated, specialized job for security that ate up those squares while they got nowhere became the exception instead of the norm. They pursued entrepreneurial challenges. For, their lives no longer answered to the standards of others -- that meant little now. Their lives answered to those remaining open squares. That meant everything.
On the other hand, imagine the relationships, using this exercise, with their spouses and children, their parents, brothers and sisters, and friends. They savored their moments with them. They became much closer, more caring -- they got much more out of life. The value of their brief lives and relationships were amplified to where they should be.
Adventurous value production, even taking rational chances in entrepreneurial challenges became the only way to live for these people using the lifecharts. Romantic love, finding the right person, not letting love slip by, savoring time together and not taking life for granted, deep family love, wonderful friendship love, and giving life one's all became the only way to live for these growing people using the lifecharts. Life was lived to the fullest.
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