PandemicReader8
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Torschlusspanik: a ten-dollar German word describing the fear that time is running out and important opportunities are slipping away.
It's more common among older folks because younger folks don't realize they aren't immortal and Great Grandma Sally might just outlive them.
Life is a series of opportunity-cost decisions. There are just so many hours in the day, doing one thing always means not don't another; at least not yet, but sometimes not at all.
Missing out is a fact of life.
Time is running out for all of us, some of us just have more ticks of the clock than others. It sucks and maybe it's harsh, but it's true. And it can be motivational.
Time is running out. We can let fear and sorrow immobilize us or we can plan for that reality. We can control is what we miss out on, decide what's truly important, plan for the big stuff, make time for the little where we can.
Just my two cents.
It's more common among older folks because younger folks don't realize they aren't immortal and Great Grandma Sally might just outlive them.
Life is a series of opportunity-cost decisions. There are just so many hours in the day, doing one thing always means not don't another; at least not yet, but sometimes not at all.
Missing out is a fact of life.
Time is running out for all of us, some of us just have more ticks of the clock than others. It sucks and maybe it's harsh, but it's true. And it can be motivational.
Time is running out. We can let fear and sorrow immobilize us or we can plan for that reality. We can control is what we miss out on, decide what's truly important, plan for the big stuff, make time for the little where we can.
Just my two cents.