Our team does intense, deadline-driven work and we've been trying to incorporate memento mori principles to remember what actually matters, but every time we slow down to contemplate mortality we fall behind and then work even more frantically to catch up. We're trapped in a cycle where the practice meant to free us from urgency creates more urgency.
More people experience this than they realize.
The pause required for death awareness conflicts directly with the momentum your shared work demands.
“Where Are You with Stoic memento mori — remember you will die?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.