If I were told I had 300 minutes left to live, what would I do with them? Why, I’d get a second opinion, of course. I’ve never been one to believe anything I’m told without question. You’ve all heard the one about the doctor who gave a man six months to live. When the guy couldn’t pay his medical bills, the doctor gave him another six months.
Indeed, my own father was once diagnosed with two hernias, costing €1,500 each to repair and requiring a three-night stay in hospital. I consulted another doctor, who declared him to have only one hernia, that could be dealt with in two hours as an outpatient.
It is one of my finest character traits that I am thorough. I do the job properly with no half-measures.
I would have no difficulty listing 299 other positive things about myself, but brevity being the soul of wit, I shall restrict myself to two — these being, in order of importance.
Number one: I’m a great listener. Everyone tells me that. It helps that I suffer from tinnitus and can’t hear a word you’re saying, while my excellent skills at reading body language allow me to “ooh” and “aah” in all the correct places.
Number two: I am a strong believer in diversity, equity, and inclusion. I have no biases. Except for my few friends, my battalions of readers, and my beloved family, I hate everyone equally.
Speaking of my esteemed family, you can sometimes have too much of a good thing. Right? I would positively delight in a job that took me away from them for 300 days a year. I suspect I could appreciate them far more from a distance. When I was a child, I used to stay with my well-to-do aunt every weekend. That amounted to 104 days a year away from my family, and I relished every single one of them. When I had a travel business I was sometimes away for work and nothing gave me greater pleasure than packing my bag, bidding my beau adieu and without a backward glance,. departing for some well-earned respite.
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Posted in response to Galenkp's Weekend experiences asking 'You have 300 minutes to live.what do you do with your last 300 minutes of life and why?/ Could you think of and list 300 positive things about yourself? How about 3? What are they and why?
and ' Would you do a job that takes you away from home and from your family for 300 days a year? '
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