There is a talk by game designer Jane McGonigal who talks about why playing games will extend your life and the top five regrets that people have on their death bed. Here is the aticle Ms. McGonigal References: from the Guardian.
Here are the top five regrets people have on their death bed:
1. I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
Be a wolf not a dog.
2. I wish I hadn't worked so hard. This one is especially poignant as a new father. I need to make sure I keep doing it for her, but I also need to do it with her.
3. I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings. This is especially hard for me. I am a work in progress.
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends. I think I really need to work on getting that weekly (biweekly game night going).
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier. Isn't that this whole point of the blog?
I was listening to Tim Pychylof iProcrastinate Podcast the other day, and he said something especially deep. He was asked about what he thinks about the concept of tomorrow in regards to people saying that they will "do it tomorrow." He responded, and I paraphrase, that always living in tomorrow is not the best idea. One of the only truths we have is that eventually, for all of us, there will come a day where there will be no tomorrow.
Let's not have regrets when that day comes.
-P
Day 29/30 Almost there!
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