2 · Chapter Summary ⏳

10 minutes

A walk through Chapter 3 — Heidegger, finitude as the source of meaning rather than its enemy, and why every choice forecloses every other possible life.

3 · Discussion Questions 💬

25 minutes

Pick the ones that feel interesting — no need to go in order.

1. When did you last really sit with the fact that you will die — not as a thought experiment, but as something you actually felt?
2. Burkeman, via Heidegger: every choice forecloses every other possible life. Does that feel like loss to you, or like clarity?
3. What's a "future self" version of your life that you've been quietly waiting for — the one where things settle down and the real living begins?
4. Has anyone in your life modeled a good relationship with finitude? What did they do (or not do) that you noticed?
5. The chapter argues anxiety often comes from refusing to choose, not from choosing wrong. Where are you keeping options open at the cost of moving forward?
6. If you really took it on board that this week is one of about four thousand, what would you spend less time on? More?
7. What about death do you most resist thinking about — and what might be on the other side of that resistance?

4 · One Take-Away 🌱

Last 5 minutes

Around the group, one sentence each:

• One thing you're taking with you from today.
• One choice you'll actually make this week (instead of leaving the door open).

Notes from the session

Filled in after we meet