Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years

"Soon, you will have forgotten everything. Soon, everybody will have forgotten you. You will be forgotten either way. So live in such a manner that, while you remain, you belong to yourself."

I got weirded out by every tech bro being obsessed with the Stoics and Marcus Aurelius as their justification for alpha dominance, but lately I have been into my #MementoMori mindset:

I find it refreshing to know I'll never actually be fully remembered, and that even if I was...who cares? Makes me feel liberated, and reminds me to always redirect my focus toward living life through to the marrow.