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DTH-XII-0033

“We're expecting and I want to become the person this child needs.”

DTH · Pillar IV — Death DTH-XII · Build a Legacy That Stands in This Life.

A child coming is a deadline you can't move and a legacy you can't fake. Whoever you actually are is what they'll absorb. This is the rare moment to build yourself on purpose, because someone is about to inherit the result. Start now, while you have months instead of regrets.

Your Practice

  1. Name the one trait you most want them to learn from you. Start practicing it.
  2. Name the one you most want them to never see. Start cutting it.
  3. Decide what 'present' will actually look like once they're here.
  4. Write down what you believe and want to pass on, before sleep deprivation hits.

The Architects

“The crucial thing is to find a truth which is truth for me, to find the idea for which I am willing to live and die.”

— Soren Kierkegaard, Journal entry, August 1, 1835

More under DTH-XII

DTH-XII-0001“I don't know what my purpose is.”DTH-XII-0002“I feel completely alone.”DTH-XII-0003“I'm building something that will outlast me.”DTH-XII-0004“I wrote my values down and I'm living by them.”DTH-XII-0005“I told someone I loved them and meant every word.”DTH-XII-0006“I want to leave something behind for the people who come after me.”
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