Mortality

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

I'd also hope that the people I know will say the benefited from knowing me - and not in that feed the hungry kind of way, but rather they they engaged in some mischief they might not of otherwise, and had a good time doing so - that would give me good imaginary afterlife grin.

Took the words right out of my mouth.

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

As long as people remember me as content and fulfilled, I think I'm good.

I think you're batting a thousand here, and if there is any deviation from your goal, it's probably due to my poor influence. You're the agreeable ying to my aggravated yang, and I'm hoping those inclinations only meld in a positive way.

When I try to think of a legacy I want to leave, I come up pretty blank. I used to feel the opposite of Alex, in that I wanted my old letters and artifacts to be obvious and embraced by others once I was gone. These days I feel most of my junk isn't necessarily interesting or worth anyone else's time.

Any journaling/emailing/etc I've done in adulthood would be pretty revelatory to others and I am on the fence as to whether that's a good or a bad thing. Yes, I'd like for a future generation to be able to get to know me and my struggles (#firstworldproblems), but perhaps reading about seriously personal issues that I have would only cause dismay or freak people out.

On the other hand, I didn't marry my uncle, and I learned my great-grandmother's news without freaking out, I just became more curious about the culture and time and lives that would produce such an odd outcome.

Perhaps my stories would have to be buried for a few generations for me to be ok with people seeing them. I'm now realizing what it means to have children and still have a private life.