The Tombstone Test — A Simple Trick to Ensure Sure You’re Not Wasting Your Life
Sometimes we’ve got our priorities all wrong
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I used to write the occasional self-help and life-lesson article, but stopped since it's an oversaturated niche where everyone just seems to rehash the same ideas over and over. But since it's such a popular topic on the interwebs, and Medium in particular, I might get back into it from time to time. I'll just do it my way to hopefully avoid a collective groan.
So here you go, a short three-minute "life lesson":
The Tombstone Test — A Simple Trick to Ensure Sure You’re Not Wasting Your Life
Sometimes we’ve got our priorities all wrong
Let me put my life-coach pants on for a moment and pretend I’m not as clueless as everyone else about this wild ride around the sun we call life.
Ugh… Hrmmpff… Aaargh…
Crap. The pants don’t fit. Anypoo, I still have some wisdom to share.
You see, I’ve spent much of my life pursuing goals to prove that I’m worthwhile. I’ve worked on my shaggability by counting calories, eating nothing but egg whites, and lifting dumbbells until my tendons became as frayed as if my dog had chewed on them. I’ve spent years of my life trying to…
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