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steve  ·  3881 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Planning for your own death

    I've had cancer for the past few years

My least favorite thing in the world.

    it turns out I'm going to live for quite a while.

My favorite thing in the world right now.

    What kind of thoughts do you have on your own death?

edited: I shouldn't have finished reading her piece at work. It's a little close to home. It seems with each passing month, another friend or acquaintance comes toe to toe with the big C.

As far as death preparation - for me, as an old married man, my primary responsibilities while I'm here are to love my wife and kids to the maximum so they never have room to doubt it. Logistically, I avoid debt at every turn, and I insure my life to secure a home and several years of income. If I dropped today, My wife and kids have housing and money for 15-25 years (or longer if they are frugal).

The idea of having letters or emails send after I depart is a wonderful idea. I don't care where my physical stuff goes. I hope my art, films, ideas live in my kids and they multiply them into something more, and something better.

and pardon my french… FUCK cancer.