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If you knew you only had a year left to live

How would you spend it?

What would you do?

by Anonymousreply 14December 13, 2023 3:36 AM

I would bankrupt myself traveling. A worldwide pub crawl.

by Anonymousreply 1December 13, 2023 12:56 AM

Obviously quitting my job would be first.

by Anonymousreply 2December 13, 2023 1:00 AM

I'm too afraid anymore (agoraphobia). I'll take care of my brother and my ex=BF, since they've taken care of me.

by Anonymousreply 3December 13, 2023 1:02 AM

Definitely would fall off the wagon.

by Anonymousreply 4December 13, 2023 1:30 AM

I’d spend it like the character in “Our Town;” mindful of the richness of the everyday.

by Anonymousreply 5December 13, 2023 1:42 AM

Start smoking Marlboro Lights again

Quit my job

Give away my possessions that friends have admired over the years

Drink way more

Track down my first boyfriend for one last fuck

by Anonymousreply 6December 13, 2023 1:51 AM

I have absolutely no idea- silly question really. It’s contextual- sick? Healthy?

by Anonymousreply 7December 13, 2023 1:55 AM

Take some people with me !

by Anonymousreply 8December 13, 2023 2:00 AM

I've been sober for years, but that would go out the window.

I'd do coke and hire escorts that are just my type. Something I've never done.

Run up insane credit debt buying people gifts.

Tell everyone I love that I, well, love them.

by Anonymousreply 9December 13, 2023 2:13 AM

R5, how strange to entirely and completely misread Thornton Wilder. The play actually says the opposite, that none of us can appreciate the “richness of the everyday” while we are alive. The character you are describing is dead and is broken down in her attempt to be “mindful.”

by Anonymousreply 10December 13, 2023 2:27 AM

I would fall if the wagon too but probably only if I had 2 months left. And then go out on my own terms with an overdose.

by Anonymousreply 11December 13, 2023 2:38 AM

I would do what I’m already doing — enjoy the small pleasures. As someone else said I would start smoking cigarettes again. I know it’s disgusting but I loved it so much. Especially after a big meal.

by Anonymousreply 12December 13, 2023 2:43 AM

I would clean out and organize everything in my house so I don't leave everyone a mess to deal with.

by Anonymousreply 13December 13, 2023 3:21 AM

Honest answer? I can't imagine facing this, for real. It would be overwhelming. Worrying over the medical debt I would leave my loved ones would probably off me early from a heart attack.

by Anonymousreply 14December 13, 2023 3:36 AM
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