"Look back in memory and consider … **how many have robbed you of life when you were not aware of what you were losing**, how much was taken up in useless sorrow, in foolish joy, in greedy desire, in the allurements of society, how little of yourself was left to you; you will perceive that you are dying before your season!" ([Location 75](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07RHWKD7N&location=75)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[momento-mori]], [[attention]] **Source** -- [[20251230081807 - B - How to Do Nothing]]