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EPISODE · Sep 27, 2019 · 1 MIN

Future posthumous autobiography

from Derek Sivers podcast

I’ve started writing my autobiography. I’ll keep writing it for the rest of my life. It’s private now, but will be released the week I die. I’ve written the last chapter, which is more of an afterword. (“Now I’m dead.”) So now I will just keep writing the middle chapters. My assistants, family, and friends will have instructions on how to publish it as soon as I die. A few clicks and commands and it’s published in all formats, print-on-demand, and ready to go the same day. So by the time you hear the news that I’ve died, the full story — the book of my life — will be ready to read. I think that would be a good goodbye. Don’t worry : I don’t plan on dying for a long time. My health is great and all is well. This is just my version of the old advice to “write your own epitaph”. I realized I can do better than that. And I wish the people I care about would do the same.

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