I understand the deathbed scenario as a warning against procrastination—the kind where you actually may work a lot, it’s just that you keep postponing the important things, with the vague idea that you will get to that “later”.
The deathbed scenario is giving you the perspective when there is no “later” and your life ended up just doing the usual stuff. If you do not endorse such outcome, then you need to figure out how to include some of those important things in your life now rather than unspecified “later”. Otherwise, there is a risk that the perspective may actually be a correct prediction of your life.
I understand the deathbed scenario as a warning against procrastination—the kind where you actually may work a lot, it’s just that you keep postponing the important things, with the vague idea that you will get to that “later”.
The deathbed scenario is giving you the perspective when there is no “later” and your life ended up just doing the usual stuff. If you do not endorse such outcome, then you need to figure out how to include some of those important things in your life now rather than unspecified “later”. Otherwise, there is a risk that the perspective may actually be a correct prediction of your life.