Memento Mori 7-28 [2024]

Do not squander this improbable, temporary, magnificent chance to be conscious.

You are still here.

By the numbers: 7 represents completion (the week, the seven wonders). 28 is a perfect number—it equals the sum of its divisors (1+2+4+7+14). But in the context of Memento Mori , perfection is a lie. Even a perfect number decays. Even the 7th month ends. The only perfection is the present moment—because it is the only thing you actually own. memento mori 7-28

Dum spiro, spero. Memento mori. (While I breathe, I hope. Remember you must die.) A wilting sunflower in a glass of water, with a pocket watch showing 11:59 PM. Caption: “7-28. Perfect numbers, imperfect time. Don't wait.”

Write this on a sticky note and place it on your bathroom mirror: 28 is a perfect number—it equals the sum

Remember You Will Die: Notes from the 28th of July

Remember death.

Today is July 28th. The air is thick with summer; the crickets are loud, and the year is more than halfway over. But in the grand calendar of the universe, this date means nothing. It is an inch of sand falling through an infinite hourglass.

I write this not to depress you, but to sober you. To wake you from the trance of the trivial. Even the 7th month ends