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18 March 2008

What If You Knew You'd Be Dead In Ten Years? What would you do then?

post by: ethylene at: 18:32 | 23 comments

How do you know I won't be?

posted by bmarkey 18 March | 18:35

Exactly, but that's still not an answer.

posted by ethylene 18 March | 18:39

My cardiologist said I should be dead already. So I guess I'd be doing what I'm doing, working. Cause ten years is a long time to without cash.

posted by doctor_negative 18 March | 18:39

I'm pretty unhealthy, so there's a chance I will be dead.

Hopefully, the signularity will hit before then and I'll be able to get myself uploaded to headloadr.com

What would I do. Nothing really. Try and get my pension signed over to me early. Write a will. I quite like my life, so not so much need to change things.

posted by seanyboy 18 March | 18:39

What would you DO then?
Oh, forgot a do. Some mod do the do.

posted by ethylene 18 March | 18:40

If I knew I only had ten years, I'd probably quit this job and go start the goat ranch. Why spend my last years working for the man when I could be making cheese?

posted by bmarkey 18 March | 18:43

Smoke more, probably.

posted by puke & cry 18 March | 18:57

I so need to make a will, it's been on my to do list for years. Also, travel.

posted by rainbaby 18 March | 19:21

Well, I'd stop saving for retirement, that's for damn sure.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 18 March | 19:23

Travel, and stop worrying about my weight (but not to the point where it prevented me from doing stuff I wanted to do). Desserts you are mine!

posted by gaspode 18 March | 19:39

I didn't expect to get this far so I guess I'd be grateful and keep on keeping on.

posted by MonkeyButter 18 March | 19:40

Not much differently. I would make sure I continued to teach my daughters as much as possible. Experience the world. Maybe drink more tasty boozes.

posted by richat 18 March | 19:41

Died years ago. Me just keep eating brains, I 'spect. Braaaiiiinnnnssss!!!

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 18 March | 20:29

I'd spend more time with my kids. I already spend a lot of time, but I'd spend a lot more time. More time with my other family members as well. I would hopefully have a lot more patience and not sweat the small stuff. I already feel I'm pretty good, or, getting better all the time with these two things.

Speaking of heart problems. Where is mischief? I read that he wanted to change his screen name. Did he? Not that I identify mischief with heart problems, but it made me think of him.

posted by LoriFLA 18 March | 20:44

Now I realize why we don't have favorites on MetaChat, I would have favorited every single comment twice over.

I've been given a shorter life leash than ten years in the past and it was wrong. Sorry doctors, I don't trust your timelines. I wouldn't change much I guess. I try to live my life that way now. Knowing you don't have much time doesn't really help much, especially if your worst trait is procrastinating (like me!). I'd get around to everything at 9 years, 9 months. :P

posted by SassHat 18 March | 21:26

Like doctor_negative, I should be dead already. Twice over even. My plans don't change; travel for the next year and a half, followed by a retirement of music and insight.

posted by Ardiril 18 March | 21:33

I wouldn't bother trying to get married and have kids. Because I don't want to die when my kid is five.

posted by brina 18 March | 21:40

Take up smoking again.

posted by dg 18 March | 22:24

I really don't know.

posted by deborah 18 March | 22:32

Not give a crap about anything, and just do what my heart told me to... hey, if I'm gonna be dead in ten years, might as well go down happy, right???

posted by hadjiboy 19 March | 03:26

1. I'd not worry about all the debts.
2. I'd keep working, because I like most of my job and it's part of what keeps me anchored in reality.
3. If #1 was not a concern, I'd actually build a house and have somewhere to live with a garden and maybe even have chickens!
4. I actually want to check out in about 20 years, but 10 is OK too.

posted by mightshould 19 March | 07:05

Make sure my wife is taken care of, do plenty of reading, maybe get around to writing a book finally.

So, not much different than I am now I guess...

posted by Lentrohamsanin 19 March | 13:47

I would be very disappointed. I was hoping it would come sooner than that.

posted by Thorzdad 19 March | 17:21

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