Dying

When Your Parents Are Dying: Some of the Simplest, Most Difficult and Redemptive Life-Advice You’ll Ever Receive - https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/10/29/when-your-parents-are-dying-mary-gaitskill/ ... When your parents are dying, you should go be with them. You should spend as much time as you can ...

Divya Venkat how I learned to be okay with dying - https://divyavenn.substack.com/p/how-i-learned-to-be-okay-with-dying - impermanence, grief, and the selfish utility of empathy

1. Just because someone understands you doesn’t mean they care.
2. The highest ROI skill in the world is simply being likable, which is another way of saying making people feel understood.

Death - Living