Mid-life

When you get to a certain age you realise that more and more people you know are dying: classmates, friends, friends’ partners, relatives…
What effect does it have?

Does it give you a renewed determination to live your remaining years to the full?

Or, does it rather simply reconfirm your belief that “life is crap and then you die” – so why invest any energy in it?

With me, it’s the latter. But why?

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