I’m still putting the final touches to my 2025 goals. While doing that, I came across an article in the Wall Street Journal about an executive who every year sits down and carries out what he calls a pre-mortem. He imagines he’s at the end of his life and reflecting on what he is pleased about having achieved, then he walks it back and makes it happen.

One of his comments was about having maybe 7,500 days left in his life and making sure each day counts.

I did some math on that one – 7,500 days is about twenty years and six months. That made me think about where I was twenty or so years ago, and how I felt about what I’ve done since. Some of it has been good – Twenty plus years married to a wonderful person, and actually getting my writing career started. Some of it not so good – a couple of failed investments that on reflection I should have stayed well away from, and spending too long with a company where the culture is best described as toxic.

Thinking about the next 7,500 days is maybe a stretch. I’m assuming I’ll still be alive. In which case what do I want to do to make every day one I’m pleased about? I’m going to give that some thought over the next week and I have a feeling it might change some of my thoughts on 2025.