Ryan Holiday — What Would You Stop?

“You’re afraid of death

because you won’t be able to do this anymore.”

That’s the thing about memento mori.

This idea, remembering we will all die someday,

really makes things clear.

If you thought you had all the time in the world,

maybe wasting two hours in traffic

or spending too much time online

or dealing with endless emails

wouldn’t seem so bad.

But if you knew your time was limited—i

f you only had a few months or years left—

what would you stop doing right away?

What is the “this” Marcus Aurelius talked about

that you would cut from your life?

Start now.

Drop those things before it’s too late.

Ryan Holiday