{"id":849,"date":"2009-01-26T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T14:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/what-would-you-do-with-five-years\/"},"modified":"2013-08-20T07:28:57","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T15:28:57","slug":"what-would-you-do-with-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/what-would-you-do-with-five-years\/","title":{"rendered":"What Would You Do With Five Years?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.” – <\/em>Steve Jobs, in <\/em>Commencement Address to Stanford students<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What would you do if you were told you had five years left to live? I prefer to use this rather than Steve Job\u2019s single day, because most of us, with a day or week left, would spend them seeing family and saying goodbyes.<\/p>\n

But five years is different. Five years is long enough to accomplish almost any goal you might have, however ambitious. <\/strong>And you wouldn\u2019t want to spend five years partying hedonistically, or eating your favourite meal every night.<\/p>\n

Would you finally get around to writing that novel that you\u2019ve been planning for more years than you want to admit? Would you quit your job and set up your own business \u2013 secure in the knowledge that your retirement fund is no longer a problem? Would you find the means and the money to travel to places you\u2019ve always wanted to visit?
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Don\u2019t Put Your Life On Hold<\/h2>\n

I live in London, where people my age (twenty-four) often say something like this:<\/p>\n