168: Clay Hobbs: The Wisdom of Numbering Your Days

Episode • Aug 8, 2024 • 53m

What if you knew you had one year left to live? With just 365 days left on earth, how would you spend them?

After a terminal cancer diagnosis, host Lee C. Camp’s friend Clay Hobbs was faced with this exact question. Doctors estimated he would die before the year was out, and Clay took them literally. He chose a date, marked it on a calendar, and began planning accordingly.

In today’s intimate episode, Lee shares several conversations with Clay in the last year of his life. The friends discuss coming to terms with a terminal diagnosis, saying goodbye, and how the practice of facing death may help us all lead more intentional lives.

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Resources mentioned this episode:

On Death And Dying - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life - Winifred Gallagher

Similar No Small Endeavor episodes:

Oliver Burkeman: Time Management for Mortals

Burying 250 Friends: Greg Boyle on Community Amidst Gang Violence

The Opposite of Faith is Certainty: Christian Wiman

Dacher Keltner: How Awe Will Transform Your Life

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