See also “10 Timeframes” by Paul Ford:

https://contentsmagazine.com/articles/10-timeframes/

This is Paul Ford’s insightful and poignant keynote talk for the 2012 graduating class of the Interaction Design MFA program at the School of Visual Arts.

I’ve been haunted by these lines:

“I can never remember if we are supposed to live each day as it were our last, or if it’s the first day of the rest of our lives. It’s hard to tell sometimes. We make movies about it over and over again. … Of course these movies are made by people who are totally dedicated to making films. They give up their lives and neglect their children to make movies about the value of family.”