[kirso]

The thing is, it can be both stress and revelation depending on how you look at it. Part of 4000 weeks is a chapter that is called "Cosmic insignificance therapy" which goes along the lines of nothing we do really matters in a grand scheme of things.

Again, depending on how you see it - it can be both shackling but also liberating.

The both of extremes of:

- I want to put my head in the sand and ignore the reality (we are mortal)

- YOLO

are not exactly ideal. As you said yourself => balance.

[twelve40]

now I really don't want to read it, sounds pretty depressing : (

[kirso]

That's the point :) It is not.

We are mortal, that's just a fact of life. I do agree with the comment OP though that both: - Maximising every day is bad - Ignoring life is bad

In the end its all about balance and content as the top voted comment goes.

I would still recommend the book to everyone!

EDIT: Also as one of the comments notes here:

"If you don't feel some existential dread at some point it's because you aren't being honest with yourself"