Life According to the Last Essay

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. . And in the ways I had managed to fulfill almost all of them. My uniqueness, I realized, came in the specifics of all the dreams -- form incredibly meaningful to decidedly quirky -- that defined my forty-six years of life." (p. 10)

As Pausch arrives at this revelation, it is knowing full well that he is fast approaching death, but it has allowed him to view this not with bitterness but with a sense of his good fortunate at having been able to accomplish so much of what he desired in that short space of time allotted. Of course, we can also see on a psychoanalytical level that there are elements of importance attributed to certain aspects of Pausch's life that are not explicitly stated in the text. Namely, one is inclined to consider the professional aspirations that have marked his time on earth and the degree to which these come to define so much in his final days. Indeed, the text makes frequent reference to the difficulty which Pausch experiences in attempting to balance his family life and the time spent on his swan song lecture, with the understanding that he feels he must accomplish something important in relation to the latter.

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This mode of egoism is a natural part of approaching death and demonstrates that for Pausch, it was equally important as all of his esoteric concerns to simply be validated for his contributions to the world that he would soon be leaving. The lecture video, the text and the ideas expresses therein may all be seen as his contribution to the world and a lasting statement by which his existence may be verified. For many of the philosophical machinations of the world, it is perhaps the very fact of its being which speaks loudest to Pausch's priorities in life. He accords in the composition of this text the importance of living well and be remembered thusly.

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