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Forty, and I Start Thinking About Dying Alone

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These days, thoughts like these come up now and then:

 

If one day I die in my studio apartment, how long will it take for my body to be found?

Someday after my parents have passed, if I happen to die, how will my body be handled?

 

 

Somehow, at forty,

I've started thinking about self-funerals.

 

Somewhere along the way,

I started worrying more about dying well than about living well. 

 

 

Given a daily life where, since last year, I've been studying so-called cutting-edge IT fields — AI, blockchain, NFTs, metaverse — completing courses, getting certifications, even putting it all to practical use at work, the thoughts that have been surfacing lately are surprisingly? numbing? — so I'm leaving a few lines here.

 

 

 

Just — so it goes. 

Oh, poof —

This English version was translated by Claude.

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Pleasant Charles — UI/UX researcher at AIT. Keeping notes on design, planning, and slow days here since 2010.

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