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If You Had A Year To Live...

WOW, this is a tough question. First of all, I would NOT do any of the things I would normally do to make myself feel better...for example, retail therapy. Those superfical things would not matter anymore. I would want to be around my family, friends, and pets as much as possible. I would REALLY REALLY try my best to be the nicest person to everyone. I have a tendency these days to be bitchy if there is too much drama or depressing stuff going on in my life. I am too mean to my parents under these circumstances for some reason. I guess they are the only ones I can call up and vent to, but it is not good to do this to them.

Any one of us could only have only a year to live as of right now. Maybe shorter--you never know how quickly everything can be GONE until it happens. I guess that saying is right..."live everyday like it was your last." I really need to get it through my head or I am going to regret how my bad attitude at times has hurt and affected the ones that care about me the most. :(
 
whooleytoo said:
I bet €10 on the yacht. Especially on the watery bits.
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:D :D :D Fantastic.

I'm struggling here. I don't know what I'd do. I'm torn between so many things.
 
I'd sell up all my assets and blow the lot. I'd go to Russia and ride in a fighter jet as I've always wanted to do that, go back to Africa and see the elephants, then lots of diving in Polynesia and travelling to all the places I wanted to go to. If I knew the exact time I was going to die I'd make sure I was underwater at the time so my body could just be food for the fishes after I'd gone.

Funny. You'd think this would be a depressing thread, but it's actually making me happy :)
 
I think I'd sell pretty much everything I own (apart from maybe my flutes, and my clothes - damn you decency laws.. :mad:) and go work on a small fishing boat off the coast in Brazil. Make enough just to survive, kick back on the beach when not working, improving my Portuguese, make some friends, trying to woo as only a whooleytoo can doo !:p

Hell, I'm tempted to do that right now.
 
If I had one year to live I would do everything my heart tells me to do plus smoke the fattest joint in history.

Number two on my list: Punch my neighbor in the gut then invite him in to smoke some of my sensi.

Bless
 
dynamicv said:
I've done lots of shark diving and the sardine run already. That was a big benefit of living just outside of Durban. :)
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I'd have thought the shark diving would be in the "If you had 15 seconds to live..." thread! ;)
 
I believe most people, faced with this certainly, would quit working and do as many of the things they'd been putting off for another day as possible in the time allotted. It's nearly a no-brainer. The much, much tougher decision is how to arrange your life in the face of a life-threatening disease of which the outcome is less certain. You may be fine and live for many more years, or you could die. Do you cash in your chips in expectation of your imminent demise, or do you renew your contract with everyday life? You won't know which decision is the right one -- until you know. Now that's a profound experience.
 
whooleytoo said:
I'd have thought the shark diving would be in the "If you had 15 seconds to live..." thread! ;)
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Nah. Sharks are lovely when you get close to them. Stay below them and let them come to you and you're fine :)
 
Like that, i would get a huge loan and tour the world. I would like to visit every continent so would do that with my girlfriend and also i would go on and buy 4000 megaphones, strap them together and say goodbye to the world so that everyone in Europe could hear it.
 
whooleytoo said:
I bet €10 on the yacht. Especially on the watery bits.
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lmao... awesome

But yeah, I would complete COD2 on Veteran...

Nah, joking (Though that would be cool). I dunno what I would do, I would like to go back to Australia
 
I'd travel the world, watching as many sunrises and sunsets as possible, return home to have one massive party with all of my friends and family, before returning to the sea, for one final surf.
 
I'd definitely spend it with my family. Take the year off, travel, and just hang out as much as I could with my family. Possibly try to write a memoir for my kids to read someday to find out what Dad was like. I'd definitely make sure a living will was in order to be sure that 1) I don't suffer too much at the end 2) I don't become a financial drain on my family.

Before I had a wife and kids I probably would have waited until my last few weeks and then tried some of the recreational pharmaceuticals that are available just to experience the rush. Now I can't imagine even losing a minute with my kids for something like that.
 
Go to the hospital and see a Doctor. :p

Nahh, probably see the great wilderness of Alaska, check out the Caribbean, visit Pacific places like Oz and New Zealand etc. They're still on my list and as far as I'm aware, I'm not on the way out anytime soon.
 
I would sell everything I had, and travel accross the world and have fun!
Yep, I am single so that makes it so much easier...

I just need to see so many places before I go! Have as much fun as possible in most places as possible! (... and probabaly suffer as much hangovers as possible too :D )
 
Spend the rest of my time with all my friends from Kilve Court (see my PicasaWeb), and move to Glastonbury where all the music scene is. Make the most beautiful music I can, and just generally spend time with the people I love (my friends)...
 
I would go skydiving, hang gliding, all the things I'd never done that I wanted to do. Spend all the money I had in the bank, and just live life on the edge.

But here's something to think about: What would you do if you had already spent all your money, (Done stuff that could get you in trouble with the law, said things you normally wouldn't, etc.) and then on the last day, you found out you WERE'NT going to die?
 
Cassie said:
But here's something to think about: What would you do if you had already spent all your money, (Done stuff that could get you in trouble with the law, said things you normally wouldn't, etc.) and then on the last day, you found out you WERE'NT going to die?
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get a library card, use the free library internet access, and search for pro bono defense lawyers. ;)
 
If I have that much notice and I'm in full health (or unhindered normal operation) for the period, I'd spend the year researching the cure for whatever I have that's terminal. Even if I fail, it's pretty likely I would have got further than anyone else so it will probably help someone else. If I succeed, I'm sure drug proceeds / etc will fatten the foundation set up for the purpose nicely and I might be able to retire.

It wouldn't be all research of course... I'm sure the 'I'll die next year' line will work in easing the way for a whole load of stuff, but the research is what I would be concentrating on.
 
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