Death

I was thinking about planning my life and something occurred to me: I bet a lot of people fail to leave enough time to die. Think about it: dying can take more than an entire day. Imagine if you had planned to run some errands the day you die. I bet you wouldn't get any of them done. For example, if you were to die in a car accident, it could be hours before you're extracted from the rubble. You might then go to the hospital to die or maybe the coroner will arrive and declare you dead right there. In any case, by the time the coroner records your time of death, several unproductive hours could have passed--the last hours of your life (according to the time of death recorded by the coroner) will have been lost and your whole day will have been shot. Debilitating diseases are even more time-consuming. People are hospitalized for weeks, sometimes years, before their disease finally gets the best of them. I bet it's really hard to exercise, shop, do laundry, study, meet with friends, etc. while you're in a hospital being killed slowly by some infirmity. So, if you're appointment with death is only an hour long, you best leave some open time before death so you can make sure you don't have to change your plans while you languish and suffer before finally kicking the bucket.