Working in a nursing home and helping people to pass over, literally holding my old folks' hands as they took their last breath because their families did not make it in time, was my wake up call. Make the most of your time. Live. Love like it's your last day.

My summary: • Memento Mori: You are going to die. • Death can happen anytime. • Life is short. • You are dying a bit every day. Every day you are 1 day closer to death. • Be keenly aware of your limited days in your life. • You will be forgotten. Every sign of you will be eventually forgotten. • Use your time to do what matters. • Time is non-renewable. Each moment that passed is never going to return. • Every moment is opportunity to live the fullest as the best version of yourself. It is an unique opportunity because this moment will be gone forever. What are you going to do with this opportunity? Use it or lose it. • Do not wake up one day with anger and dismay and ask: where did all the time go? • Notice the signs. Notice your face in the mirror. It has aged with time. This is to remind you that time is passing by and you are moving toward death. Mediate on your death every day. This is to charge you for success and not to depress you.

@Living_for_Him_Alone

Жыл бұрын

Thank you ❣️

@Cinemagoer_64

Жыл бұрын

Awesome thank you man!

@Gm__MUA

9 ай бұрын

Thank you. I will tack this onto my board to remind myself of this everyday.

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” ~ Mark Twain 🙏😊

@charleswood2765

Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah

Stoicism absolutely helped me change my life I am so greatfull that I found out about it

@cliffordkrauel337

Жыл бұрын

Me too brother Me too, it has saved me from myself.

@alexxx4434

Жыл бұрын

It definitely has some profound wisdom. If you dig longer and deeper tho, you may find some contradictions. But of course, it can be up for interpretation. Well, nothing is perfect. And life is just too complex to define it by simple maxims, I think. But Stoicism is definitely something good to know, preferably from the young age.

@Rope001

Жыл бұрын

Likewise.

@blackcitadel37

Жыл бұрын

Same here. It's truly some life changing knowledge.

I love your channel so much!! Instead of watching yt aimlessly now all day. Refreshing my subscriptions constantly. Now I handle all my business, take care of my body, help others and when I have some time left over I come directly to this channel. Thank you for sharing this message!!

@thestoictime

Жыл бұрын

I think you're on the right Path. As Marcus Aurelius says : You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.” Meditations 2.11

@karolzdunowski6475

Жыл бұрын

@@thestoictime *

@Deelitee

Жыл бұрын

Curious… would having this type of content playing in the background help with your daily tasks?? I tend to do this is why I’m asking. :) I may be fooling myself tho.

@Gdawg0331

Жыл бұрын

@@Deelitee hey bud!! I cannot focus like that. I have seen it work for others though. I like to get tunnel vision and put maximum effort into that one thing.

@Deelitee

Жыл бұрын

@@Gdawg0331 most important thing is to know what works and how you work best! I think I sometimes use “inspiration” as a way to procrastinate.😐

I was really angry about some communications issues in my family when the notification about this video reached me. Now I feel calmer. I have always thought about this death constant stalking, and I try to go to bed with a light head and heart because of it. I kiss my kids goodbye everytime... Now I'll move to the next level, to try to make almost all the moments to count. Anyway, if I die today, I'm pretty proud of the person I´ve become.

As Seneca used to say 👇 : Let us prepare our minds as if we’d come to the very end of life. Let us postpone nothing. Let us balance life’s books each day. … The one who puts the finishing touches on their life each day is never short of time.☘️

We waste so much time on instant gratification, instead of chasing our dreams we use social media, porn, videogames, etc... But death can take everything away from us at any second, so why not go all out, if you died today, would you be proud of the person you were? If not, then change something, recently I realize I need to go all out with my KZread channel because who knows how much time I have left

@pickle2144

Жыл бұрын

My dad always told me when you're doing something important think of it as your last day on earth and give it your best. I try to apply that rule a lot cause I don't know whether I'll see morning tomorrow or not

@TheDoomerGoGetter

Жыл бұрын

@@pickle2144 Amen, your father was a wise man

@alexxx4434

Жыл бұрын

If you die you wouldn't care anymore about anything.

I'm involved in malicious court battles as a resident of an HOA (home owners association) in California. The property manager (now fired) is a vexatious attorney who filed a bunch of frivolous lawsuits to take our homes away from us. I had to act as my own attorney. I went to the Court of Appeal and won, against a nasty attorney. I went to trial in another lawsuit here at the community, and won. I had no experience, despise our corrupt judicial system, lost a lot of battles because of the corrupt nature of lawyers, lying witnesses, and bad judges, but I kept going .... all because I followed this channel.

i had to put my dog down yesterday and it was the first time i watched a loved one pass. in times like these i find comfort in the stoic ideas and perspectives on death, so you posting this video in the middle of me dealing with death is something i am very grateful for to say the least. one of my favorite quotes about change (and death for that matter) is when Marcus writes about how it’s impossible for firewood to heat his bath if it doesn’t undergo some sort of change or die in a sense. anyway, love the vids man will def be buying smthn from the shop soon

@SteveSUX2BU

Жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear about your dog. I'm sure they lived a good life with you.

@kramnam4716

Жыл бұрын

It’s awful.. worse than people. ♥️💪🙏🏼

You are honestly improving in the way in which you deliver your content on every single video, I guess I can say that, that is my reminder of how time passes and you can be good, you can be improved by it or simply choose not to. Thanks a million.

Kind of a summary of a lot , following for over a year now , always teaches never disappoints , thank you

I know. Knowing death is constantly creeping toward gives me great comfort. On Mondays, I wish he'd hurry his ass up. Preferably before I get to the office. But yeah, knowing I'll die one day and won't have to work in customer service anymore, is where my outward serenity comes from.

@Cinemagoer_64

Жыл бұрын

That is great! Sometimes you have to turn it around and take a positive different view! Thank you!

Have watched quite a few of your videos over time, but this one specifically is extremely powerful. Thank you. I needed this. Officially a new subscriber and fan.

Memento Mori helped my mom and me reconnect. Kind of a weird story. After a brush with testicular cancer, I got heavy into Memento Mori. As a birthday gift to myself, I ordered a customized Memento Mori signet pinkie ring-actually costing more than my own wedding ring. The shop I ordered it from messed up and accidentally sent two. I offered to send it back, but they were based in Turkey, so they said to just keep it-maybe gift it to someone-though I knew everyone else thought it was weird to wear such an item. A few weeks later, my ring caught my mom's attention and I explained its significance. I thought she would be totally weirded out, but she just said, "What a wonderful reminder. As I've been getting older and had a few health scares, I feel Memento Mori could really help me appreciate the present. Can you send me the name of the jeweler?" "I can do ya one better-they accidentally sent me two rings." The year prior, she was diagnosed with diabetes, which scared her into completely changing her diet and exercise practices, reversing her diabetes and causing long-overdue weight loss. The downside was that her wedding ring no longer fit-but my pinkie ring fit her ring finger perfectly. I gave her the identical ring and she now wears it in place of her wedding ring. We joke that we're the Memento Mori Wonder Twins.

One of the best videos u made thus far Ryan - so many people need to hear this ... life is so short & they “ don’t live “ ... but live in the past !!

Hey Ryan, I just want to give a massive thank you for what you do. I just recently came across your channel, and it feels like everything in my brain just clicked. I'm currently 21, and I have been struggling with mental health issues. But after discovering your channel, as well as getting into philosophy I can feel myself getting better just by putting what the stoics said into action. I have a copy of meditations coming tomorrow, which I am beyond excited to read. For so long it felt like I was trapped, but over the last few days that feeling has started to fade away with each time I expose myself to anything philosophy related. So once again, thank you from a 21 year old guy who's starting to get his struggles figured out.

@sarah_002

Жыл бұрын

Don’t ever give up. Look who you have been a year ago and look now, you are progressing everyday. You are heard and seen. Don’t give up and take good care of yourself ❤

Time is always passing. No matter if you’re using that time to its full potential or wasting it. Time is super valuable and I love how your channel mentions that. So many people waste time and they don’t even realize that they’re wasting their valuable time until it’s too late. Bringing awareness to this topic is very important so thank you for what you’re doing. There are so many things in our time that we can be doing that we enjoy it doesn’t just have to be work or rushing around hustling. For me and taking the time to do my hobbies and realizing how valuable my time is to do things I love and I bring me joy I hope this can help someone

Your email today got me good. Thinking about it since the norning and now u also post a video of it. ❤

As always, great video Ryan

Thank you (as usual) Ryan!

I've been less anxious about death. I am still scared but I have been using that as fuel to do better for myself

A great reminder. Thank you for making this!

you are an honest, brave and beautiful person. Thank you for the reminder.

Definitely be needing these reminders! Life is For Rent!

Thanks, I needed reminding of this.

Beautiful!

Loved the video work. Great message. I keep my 24 hr chip from almost 14 years ago with me. It's broken up into pieces now. But it's been my reminder all these years and I think God gives us memories or reminders like the skull to help us make the right decisions. I'm so grateful for my first mentor instilling in me to keep that token to remember that life is short and I only have today. ❤️

Keep up the great work thank you much love from Oregon

Death may have me, when it earns me. - Kratos

Love your videos! I just want to take my time to say "thank you". Memento mori

Thanks Ryan. I am seventy eight and you are among my best teachers. I thank especially for reminding me of death, and for helping me to live my life more peacefully. So many problems have been solved for me just from reading the Saturday stoic mails you send . A valuable gift to receive at this time of my life. Thanks Carol

Memento mori and Amor fati are very powerful. Can't wait to start the daily stoic on Jan 1 2023!

Great definition explained. ❤

The channel is educational and informative I love it ❤I wa reading an article and found this “Those guests also dropped bronze coins-53 of which were found during this latest exploration-dating back to Rome’s late Imperial period (250-450 C.E.). Archaeologists also discovered one rare orichalcum sestertius, a coin minted around 170-171 C.E. to honor the 10th anniversary of Marcus Aurelius’s rise to rule.”

You're just so helpful.. that is so great honestly... cannot thank you as much as I wld like too.. 🥺

Wow! I so loved this… why?!. Don’t know. But to sit and explore is as exhilarating as the Memento Mori fascination itself. Thanks for sharing 🙏🏾

I'm struggling with this thought lately, i try not to procrastinate, to make the time count, to deepen my knowledge about things that will help me reach my goals everyday. But when i imagine myself on my deathbed i can only picture me wishing there was more time.. About what , i dont know.

Before I knew of you my mantra was “ KEEP BUSY “ ... my Latin trainers would tell me “ VANGA VANGA !! “ ... Joseph wanted to do well well alive but look forward to going to heaven to be with God ... my love for life and God will sustain me through my eternal journey ... ❤ ... D.S. YOU ARE A GOOD MAN ... SHALOHA

Memento mori and amor fati are such powerful mantras

"Memento mori" is actually a great fuel for anxiety. Why keep worrying about it instead of enjoying the present?

@olavonogueira8944

Жыл бұрын

For me, it helps fight procrastination.

@alexxx4434

Жыл бұрын

@@olavonogueira8944 You know what's the root cause of procrastination? It's anxiety. Fear of failure, problems. With constantly reminding yourself of death, essentially you are 'fighting fire with fire', overpower smaller anxieties with a bigger anxiety. I do not think it's a way to reach ataraxia. Maybe it would be wise to calmly deal with anxieties that cause procrastinations in the first place instead of adding more anxiety to force yourself?

@kyriakosch

Жыл бұрын

I think the idea is to embrace the inevitability of death. When you remind yourself that this is going to end, it can actually help you focus on the now, which is what truly matters. I get where you're coming from , i am there too, but i one day hope i will reach that level of acceptance.

@alexxx4434

Жыл бұрын

@@kyriakosch Yeah, I am more inclined to accept the inevitability and be at peace with death, rather than constantly remind yourself of death as a crutch to force yourself to do stuff in life.

Awesome content :)

much needed.

This has helped ill start practicing this immediately.

Brilliant 😊🏴‍☠️

This is fantastic i want to do the things i want to do in life! Without fears! Much love ❤

Wonderful video and guide. Greetings from a fan in Puerto Rico.

Appreciate this vid. Dealing with grief since my Father's passing 3 months back and I've been struggling lately in finding meaning.

@joedeveraux

Жыл бұрын

My heart goes out to you, Alexis.

@alexisjohnperez

Жыл бұрын

@@joedeveraux appreciate this bud, thank you

@resumefreak

9 ай бұрын

Thoughts & prayers to you Alexis

The best video Ryan has done on explaining momento mori or every time I hear it I get wiser and take on new meaning from it which ever it is,it hits you when you think I've lived 40years no you died 40 years live today not 40years in the past.

Awesome!

I LOVE the perspective on these videos!

I really look up to this man I really wanna start living like him I just started creeping out of a rut I've been in for a year I'm ready to be get back to who I'm supposed to be

I did everything they told me to do. I got my accounting degree. I did internships. I graduated in the top 20% of the class. I didn't do drugs. I worked out to stay in shape. I followed all the rules. And what did I get? The minimum wage customer service job they threatened me with if I didn't follow their advice.

Thanks man, somehow this is the first time I have heard "memento mori" but its fascinating and not to sound cheesy but might be that missing piece if you will

There's been a few comments going around about how you're now always plugging a new item you've released and we should buy it or not. So, I'd like the naysayers to watch this. Your favourite reminder is a piece from a grave stone that you didn't get from your store. As I thought, you're helping to spread the word, and making some money from it. Why not? More power to you Ryan.

Life on a knife edge. It can all change in a heartbeat

Memento Mori is written upon the face of life and every birth is a prelude to decay and death

This is where i see conflict in this part of the stoic philosophy. Because there can be no life without death and death without life. To be born and alive is also to have a death sentence. So to me instead of always focusing on death or when thats going to be. I choose to live and enjoy the moments that make your day meaningful and happy. Because to be anxious and think about imagined suffering is to suffer more than we have to. So instead of thinking i might day someday being that to be true, i choose to think, i am alive today and i will live it to my best.

Awesome

LETS GO!!!

Is very true 💯👍🏻

Hii sir following you from the time when there were 1 lakh subscribers I want to hug you once in life as you helped me a lot.please come to India.

I believe in momento mori. I thank the Creator every morning and evening. I reflect on my day. However, I am NOT obsessed with death. I simply accept it.

I'm flying with plane in 2 weeks and I'm TERRIFIED. I think I'll download some of these videos to watch on the plane

If only someone explained this to me at18😢

I don't know if any of you know Markiplier. He and another KZreadr made a channel. Unus Annus, one year. The whole concept of it was memento mori. After one year they would delete the channel and all the videos, just like life we are left with a memory. I have flag on my wall that has an hourglass with two skulls in it. That channel led me on my path to stoicism. Memento Mori.

I've been sleeping on this philosophy for too long!

🙏💮😑❤️✨I enjoy this one .I will get that coin soon .

When i learned to value each day as if it where my last day on earth, My entire life changed, For the better. Life has been liberating & lovely since.

@trajan74

Жыл бұрын

For me the faster it all ends the better.

Thank you for the early 50th birthday present 😁

@UniqueGeekFreak

Жыл бұрын

Happy 50th birthday Brother🥳💚Memento mori haha I hope you celebrate life 🤗 have a beautiful christmas too!

@Jerry_Danger_Haught

Жыл бұрын

Happy birthday friend! 🥳

@teenoso4069

Жыл бұрын

50 this month too and life has just began

@brianingwersen7182

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊 🤙💚✨️

We died watching a little together ☠💯

Death is the last item on my bucket list. Until then, stoicism is what it's all about! Thanks for enlightening me. Please give me your recommendation for which one of your books to read first. Thanks!

👍great

As a third world citizen born in the seventies, I'm really sorry I didn't have access to all this knowledge growing up. Until my 30's I lived in complete naivety. I worked hard, got the money, paid the bills, feed the cat, wasted my time and money on useless things. Why it took me so long to learn valuable lessons like this? This should be taught at schools, to little children. Jordan Peterson says "choose your sacrifices" and it's true. I sacrificed my youth for nothing. All I can do is try to do my best with my remaining years.

@zephyrr108

Жыл бұрын

what are you, girl, guy? what the heck is up

Please consider talking about MOMENTO VIVERE!☀️🌈❤️🏄‍♂️

Even the stoic becomes marketing

@Pinolero0

Жыл бұрын

Sadly money is something that is fundamental for all of us now, even the indigenous people need money because the world is rule by it.

@EarlofChucklechester

Жыл бұрын

Well it isn't harming me Or anyone so I don't really care for it

@alexxx4434

Жыл бұрын

Meh, how else could it be under capitalism? Literally everything is commodified, even human relationships. Isn't it profoundly wrong to measure everything in money?

@activatekruger446

Жыл бұрын

Virtually everything, everywhere, under every system is transactional. Always has been, always will be.

Time❤

lol the disney store was the first place I heard the phrase and that's when I googled it.

Sometimes I'll be sitting there and out of nowhere I'll realize that this will all be over one day. It kinda overwhelms me in the moment. Then it subsides. Any one else get the same feeling?

@Alaskaventureswithbrodie

Жыл бұрын

For sure..makes me quite emotional.

@kyriakosch

Жыл бұрын

You are not alone

5:47 we don't see this enough!

Just turned 55 and the clock seems to be really speeding up. But actually I am slowing down. 😮‍💨

Memento mori

I signed up for the email... I never do that

Memento Mori.

Listened 01.25.23

Why is living life to the fullest a good thing? Is it better just to be present in your life or to be productive? Is there a balance?

Realising there's more behind than ahead is jarring and sobering.. Carpe diem..

The problem is that I'm not afraid of death but afraid of living

The sooner the better for me

Exactly what my doctor said... but gave me atleast 3 month .

Been married for 25 years i don't think Death is an option when it breaks the bonds of marriage and long term commitments, easy for people to say it with a sense of relief when they don't have much to let go and miss😑

Nothing to do with Memento Mori , but did your kid get you with a fish hook in that one clip ? If so I know the feeling ,lol.

2:20 💀

This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time....... think I saw that somewhere!!!!

Death is the best motivator to live life now. While you are killing time, time is killing you. 😳😦

Hope that chunk of tombstone is not haunted 😆

3 de abril de 2024, 5 36 a. m.

"Seize the day, buy these shorts" after that 4-minute rant has to be the filthiest thing I've heard in a while.

Am I the only person that has never heard this phrase before? :P

Momento Mori (update: YOLO)