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When awareness of mortality leads to overwhelm instead of action

I keep making bucket lists and life plans but every time I try to execute them I feel exhausted before I even start.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The pressure to make finite time meaningful can paradoxically drain the energy needed to actually live.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Heidegger's being-toward-death?”

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