The Day After You Die

Today I want to talk about mindfulness and the fact that one day we’re all going to die. The point of the post isn’t to make people depressed, but rather to get you to stop and take a minute to appreciate the now.

Life is one long road trip. We get so focused on the road ahead that we never take a minute to look at the scenery. We’ll be at our destination before we know it. I’m afraid a lot of us will get there only to realize we never took the time to look out the window.

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The Best Bite of Ice Cream

Which is the Best Bite of Ice Cream?

Depending on the flavor you get, the bites can vary slightly, but they’ll all share characteristics. You might have one bite that is a better ratio of cookie dough to chocolate, and you might have a bite that’s all ice cream with no extra flavor at all.

Is the best bite a random bite somewhere in the middle of all that sugary chaos? Is it the very first bite of a brand new, untouched carton?

The law of diminishing returns would say it’s the first bite because each subsequent bite brings less and less satisfaction. This might be true if you were to eat the entire carton at once. More evidence in favor of the first bite is the euphoric feeling you get knowing you have the entire carton left. You’re not even close to running out.

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