Live like today was your last day is popular and unhelpful advice.
As a species, we already highly value short-term outcomes over the long-term, so we really don’t need to consciously remind ourselves.
The better reminder, is to live today like you will live for a very long time. If you are 20 years old, odds are that you will live at least 40 more years. There is a chance some freak accident mike limit your time, so you can’t bank on 40 years, but you would be right to reasonable expect to live for decades more.
So don’t live like today is your last day, live like it is decades away from your last day and build for a better future.
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