Memento mori reminder
A daily, deliberate reminder that you are going to die
Putting your own mortality in front of you on purpose, usually with an object: a coin in the pocket, a card on the desk, a line taped above the screen. People who keep one say it makes small arguments and status worries look less important. It helps them decide which work is worth the time left. Marcus Aurelius returned to the idea constantly in Meditations, and it came back into circulation through modern Stoic writing. Nobody frames it as a cheerful habit. The cost is nothing beyond remembering to look at the thing.
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- Ryan HolidayDoes it
Writer · The Daily Stoic
Carries a coin reading Memento Mori in his left pocket and an Amor Fati coin in the right, both sold by his own Daily Stoic store. The thought of dying should shadow everything, he says, not as a downer but as a way to cut out nonsense.
Source: RyanHoliday.net: Here's Some Stuff Worth Carrying With You Everywhere
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