[stackbutterflow]

If you read Seneca that's not what he's saying. He says that you should live your life in such a way that if before sleeping someone told you that it had been your last day, you would feel content with what you did today.

He says that you have to remind yourself that you can die at any time. So before doing something ask yourself whether you'd be proud of you if what you were about to do would be the last thing you'd do.

He also says that you should strive for that life, to use this advice as a compass. Not to literally start each day and do what you'd do if you were going to die tonight.

Also a good life according to Seneca is not a life full of instant gratifications like drugs, party, food. It's a simple, ascetic life.

[tiborsaas]

It's a bit contradictory to resist instant gratifications, because if you asked people if they would feel content with what they did that day, I guess more would say yes if the day was packed with instant gratification compared to more boring but good strategic activities.