{"id":2100,"date":"2015-10-19T14:51:13","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T21:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wesleyschan.com\/blog\/?p=2100"},"modified":"2015-10-19T14:55:32","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T21:55:32","slug":"motivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wesleyschan.com\/blog\/motivation\/","title":{"rendered":"motivation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dad says he has a clock on his computer that counts the amount of time he has left on earth. The clock takes your current age and a rough measure of your healthy habits (e.g. exercise sessions per week) and vices (e.g. smoke, drink), and then spits out your expected death.<\/p>\n

“I’ve got about thirty years left,” he says. (He seems rather content about the whole thing).<\/p>\n

I don’t have a death countdown on my computer, but I did download a similar app on my web browser: “Motivation<\/a>“. It measures your current age and updates it real-time, down to the 9th decimal point. Each time you open a new browser tab, you must confront the reality that you are getting closer to death with every second that passes. How about that?<\/p>\n

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My age as of writing this post.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’s hypnotizing to see all the decimal points ticking away. When I first downloaded it, the clock was at “20.1”. Where did all the months go? I can’t stop the clock, much as I would like to at times. No choice but to accept it.<\/p>\n

Most days I don’t notice it. But when I do,\u00a0it provides a good opportunity to ask this important question: what will I do with the time I have left?<\/p>\n

Or on a smaller scale: what will I do before the end of the year?<\/p>\n

(That question came with an underlying assumption — that I would be alive and well when the calendar reaches December 31st. Given that I have a special visitor coming in soon and that I’d like to see my family over the holidays, let’s hope that’s true!)<\/p>\n

Special thanks to Thomas. I saw this on his computer, and then I downloaded it, too.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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