Andrew Sullivan: preference

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…If we fast forward to today, let’s say you were to learn that you had only four years left to live, but most of it in healthy mind and body — what is it you would do right now, knowing that? That’s a really good question. The good news is that back when it happened to me before, I realized that I was doing the work I really wanted to be doing. It was very clarifying, editing the New Republic. Right now, I love to do what I’m doing, but I will be honest and say I think I would take time to spend more time with my friends and my family. I would try and travel some more because I haven’t really done enough of that, even though it’s a little hard right now. I’d probably up my intake of mushrooms; I think I would try and gain some perspective on mortality. I think I would become probably much more devout than I currently am. But these are suppositions. You kind of learn — Why not become more devout now?…

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