Codie SanchezFounder @ Contrarian Thinking

Thinking about all the things you’re too scared to try?

19 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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A short YouTube monologue by Codie Sanchez reflecting on fear, life choices, and legacy. The speaker uses visits to cemeteries and the image of tombstones to argue that most fears are nonfatal and that one should pursue meaningful action so as to leave no regrets—'use everything you were given' and be 'wrung dry.'

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You know what I like to do when I'm not feeling sure about things? Where I'm feeling scared? I like to come to cemeteries. I know that sounds a little crazy, but hear me out. When you're here, you remember that no matter what, we will eventually all end up here. And that you can fail just as frequently doing something small as you can, something big. That most things in life, they're not going to kill you. So why aren't you trying them? It's a reminder to me that among these stones are a bunch of people who lived lives. And did they live them fully? Did they live them to the best? Did they listen to the peanut gallery? Or did they actually live a life where they got to write the things that they wanted on their tombstone? I remember when I was in finance, thinking, I don't want to die saying managing Director on my tombstone. I don't want to die saying biggest house, fastest car on my tombstone. I want to die being able to say that I made a difference as much as I humanly could. That I did what Emma Bombach says, which is, when I stand before God at the end of my days, I will be able to say, I used everything you gave me. I'm wrung dry. I have not one drop left. And that is the greatest realization. It's probably not going to kill you, so do it anyway.