Jody argues that accepting your mortality isn't depressing, it's clarifying. Befriend the idea of death to snap out of autopilot and actually choose how you spend your time, rather than drifting through days on habit.
Imagine this is you and I moving forward into the future, many, many years into the future. And you're highly aware that it's your last day on earth. Someone very young who you know and love comes into the room and they ask you, jody, how do I go about leading my life on purpose? What would you say to him?
I wouldn't hesitate. I would say go become super close buddies with the Grim Reaper. And not that close. I mean, you know, he'll snuff your life out. But get just close enough that you can go out for brunch or happy hour or just hang out enough to kind of keep him in a dip but like get intimate enough to know. Thanks, dude. Like I see you hovering. Stay just a little bit back. But thank you for being here because unless if you weren't here, I'd just be going along the rest of my days on autopilot. Befriend the Reaper.
