Memento Mori

"You're still young. Be patient. You have you're while life ahead of you."

I used to hear this often when I would share my goals and lack of patience in wanting to obtain them. When people would respond with any variation of this I'd tell them they are either willingly ignorant to how time works or they are lying to me.

I understand that some things take time. It doesn't mean I should be lackadaisical in my approach or accept other people's timelines. I am not young, based on my family history I've got about 30 years in total left. Of the 30 years I have left I will spend 10 getting my children through high school, another 5 helping coach them through the beginnings of adulthood. With the remaining 15 I will work towards two ends: finally give my wife the life I promised her and she most certainly deserves and do whatever I can with whatever I have left to help secure my legacy, what I will leave behind after I'm gone.

So no, I don't have my whole life ahead of me. I only have what's left.

That reality fueled the idea behind the Memento Mori shirt we did awhile back. Remembering that time is limited, is what drives me to make each moment count.