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Mar 7, 2021Liked by Tom Stevenson

Further to my earlier post, I do have one more thought - it is easy to say what you want to do, but when you can and if you can are very different words, and its harder to put those words into action if you have 100 days to live. Maybe we might do something completely different, that is not on our bucket list, a chance to be alive, to do things out of your comfort zone. We will not know. We do not know when, where and how we will leave this earth. We just have to enjoy life and make each day special. Life is a blessing, we need to make the most of it and act as if we dont have much time on this earth, because truthfully, we do not know the future....

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Mar 7, 2021Liked by Tom Stevenson

100 days seems like a lot, but it is not actually. If I had 100 days to live, I would do the following if it is possible:

- Make sure my mother is okay and set up for the future.

- Learn how to drift a car and do certain stunts in a car.

- Test drive classic and sport cars.

- Meet up with friends in London and go to places I have not been before - new coffeeshops, parks, outdoor cinemas, festivals.

- Travel to Ireland, Wales and Isle of Man as I have always wanted to go.

- Travel with mother to as many countries as possible. Take a cruise to exotic destinations. Eat different foods, experience life in different countries.

- Travel abroad to visit friends and family and say goodbye to them.

- Visit the wonders of the world with my mother ( the list keeps changing every year)

One can visit many places in the world and still time is ticking on your life. If I could not visit any places in the world, then I would rather just be in one place, ideally looking out towards the sea with my mother by my side until the time comes to leave this earth.

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Mar 5, 2021Liked by Tom Stevenson

Well, once i realise the sordid fact of my approaching mortality, I will take some time to regain some sanity, and in that dazed state begin to hurriedly check all the things I must finish before I become helpless. like

-consider all near and dear friends/ relatives whom i needed to sit down with and spend some allocated time to thank and acknowledge their role

-ensure all my assets get duly distributed among my loved ones as i would like it to happen and ensure no one is left out and faces any issues in getting their due share

-identify really unfortunate souls and allocate some amounts for them

-try to get all my kith n kin settled far away near me around the designated time

-identify things which i always wanted to do but couldn’t for whatever reasons and work out ways to do it now

May be i will not be left with enough time to do it all within available time and the anxiety will rob me of even whatever little i am left with

All my acquired knowledge n wisdom from spiritual n religious pursuits to take these moments with equanimity may possibly not help for all i know

Finally i will simply surrender and black out...

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