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Now, "Extra Room"
also applies to time,

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trying to find a way to
not be a slave of time,

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trying to find a way to
mount a resistance against it

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from taking over.

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And one way that is done is
by trying to live every day as

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if it's the last.

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You've all been told that
by authority figures.

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So this works with that idea.

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It's called a maxim.

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"To live each day as if
it might be the last"

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is an injunction that
Marcus Aurelius inscribed

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in his journal to remind
himself that he too, however,

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privileged is
mortal, that whatever

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bounty is destined to reach
him has reached him already

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many times.

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But if you take his
maxim too literally

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and devote your
mornings to tinkering

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with your will, your
afternoons and evenings

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to saying farewell to
friends and family,

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you'll come to regret it.

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Soon your lawyer won't
fit you into his schedule.

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Soon your dear ones
will hide in a closet

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when they hear your
heavy step on the porch,

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and then your house will
slide into disrepair.

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If this is my last day,
you'll say to yourself,

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why waste time sealing
drafts in the window frame

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or cleaning gutters or
patching the driveway?

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If you don't want your heirs
to curse the day you first

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open Marcus's journals,
take him simply

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to mean you should find an
hour each day to pay a debt

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or forgive one, to write a
letter of thanks or apology.

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No shame in leaving
behind some evidence you

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were hoping to live
beyond the moment.

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No shame in a ticket to
a concert seven months

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off or better yet
two tickets as if you

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were hoping to meet by then
someone who loved to join you.

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Two seats near the front
so you catch each note.

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