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I'm getting old enough now that thinking about what I want my obituary to say is not some vague hypothetical but instead is something visible on the horizon. So asking myself what my obituary to say isn't just some exercise to orient and make my life better, as suggested in this article . And in any case, with most of my life passed, a lot of what my obituary would say is already set (if you will) in stone. And though I will never read it, I could probably predict with some degree of accuracy what it would say. So if I want to make any edits, now is the time. Reference: This 3-step method to simplify your life starts with your obituary. Ross Pomeroy, Big Think. The  idea  of thinking what your obituary would say is to force you to think about your values. For example: "VandeHei would like his obituary to say that he was a great father, son, sibling, and husband who was passionate about the work that he did and generous in the workplace. The task before him now is to make a...