156. Making Friends with the Grim Reaper, with Jodi Wellman
How many Mondays have you lived, how many Mondays do you have left? It may be a provocative or even unsettling question for some, but today’s guest looks at it more as motivation over morbidity. We speak to Jodi Wellman, author of the book, You Only Die Once, How to Make it to the End with No Regrets, on the topic of Making Friends with the Grim Reaper. Jodi discusses how taking inventory of her mother’s personal items, following her death, was a catalyst for writing her book as well as for her general outlook on life. During the episode Jodi explains how facing the inevitability of death can really help us to live in the here and now and accomplish our goals.
Guests Website: Home | Four Thousand Mondays
Book: You Only Die Once
Quotes:
“It is never too late to do the thing we want to do.”
“I’d rather taste a little bit of failure than taste ‘what would my life have been like if…’”
“One of the shortcuts to a happy life – don’t reinvent the wheel, just do more of the cool stuff.”
“So much more life is available to us, in the life we’re already living.”
TALK BIG QUESTIONS
Use these prompts to have the opposite of small talk in real life.
Following this episode, will you “count your Mondays?”
Are you really present in your life currently or do you find yourself more stuck in the routine?
If you sat quietly right now, like Jodi mentioned during the episode, what are some of the unfinished things you still want to accomplish?
