Memento Mori

It's not often I get so excited about a package that I run to the mailbox to get it.

But today, my package arrived.

It was death in an envelope.

My memento mori necklace.

If you're not familiar with a memento mori, it's an object meant to remind you that you life is finite, and one day, you will die.

Here it is:

Why did I buy it?

I wanted a physical reminder that I could have on my body every single day to remind me to be present, and cherish every moment.

I've been doing battle with distractions lately.

TV.

My laptop.

Social media.

My phone.

Sometimes I get through a week and think of how much I could have accomplished, how many books I could have written, how many lives I could have touched... if I had just not gotten on Facebook/Netflix/Youtube/Reddit etc.

Can you relate?

Sometimes I'm tortured by my unrealized potential...

My unfulfilled dreams...

They are one of the root causes of my most depressing and anxious moments in life.

ESPECIALLY when the unrealized potential can't be blamed on anything but me.

My memento mori necklace is a reminder that my time here is limited.

I don't want to waste a minute of it...

Do you have a memento mori? Something that reminds you of your limited time here on earth?

If so, I'd love to hear about it.