Your Days Are Numbered. Make Them Count.

Hey there!

Last month, I almost died.

If you read my email about the accident, you know the story. There was a moment when I genuinely believed my life was over. (see the pic below, we had Ice Age Meals and Burritos for the week)

I can still see that moment. I don't think I'll ever forget it.

And it's caused me to think a lot about mortality.

Twelve days ago, I had the opportunity to speak to about 50 students at the Hawaiʻi Technology Academy in Līhuʻe. I shared my Shark Tank story and an illustrated poem I wrote 15 years ago.

Then I changed gears.

I gave every student a note card and asked them to complete two exercises.

FIRST, LOOK BACKWARD.

Do you know the names of your eight great-grandparents?

These are the people who made your existence possible.

Most of the students didn't know their names.

And here's the sobering realization: If we don't know the names of our great-grandparents, there's a good chance our own great-grandchildren won't know ours.

Just three generations, and our names may be forgotten.

The Bible tells us that life is a vapor. It appears for a little while and then vanishes. (James 4:14)

Life is precious. And none of us knows when our time will be up.

SECOND, LOOK FORWARD.

I asked the students to choose the age they'd ideally like to live to.

Most picked somewhere between 83 and 95 years old.

One boy was planning to live forever!

And one girl wouldn't show me her card. ;)

Then I asked them to calculate the number of days between today and their birthday in that future year.

I recently did this exercise myself. I chose a modest goal of living to 75 and discovered I had roughly 10,500 days remaining.

Every day that passes is one fewer day to live, love, serve, and leave this world a little better than I found it.

For the past twelve years, I've poured my heart into Ice Age Meals, trying to help people EAT BETTER and LIVE LONGER.

But here's the thing.

There are no guarantees.

A bolt out of the blue can change everything in an instant.

So don't wait to appreciate the life you've been given.

Don't waste your days chasing things that don't matter.

And don't trade a day of your life for something that isn't worth it.

A QUICK BURRITO UPDATE!

We're finishing our third and final week of Ice Age Burritos production!

Chicken. Beef. Pork.

Three weeks. Three proteins. Three salsas.

The pork burritos should be finished early next week, and then we'll prepare our first full sampler launch.

If you'd like first access, join our burrito waitlist below.

JOIN THE ICE AGE BURRITOS WAITLIST

And who knows? There might even be a free limited-edition burrito T-shirt involved!

Stay tuned.

Whether you have 10,500 days left or just one, make today count.

Be grateful for what you have.

Love the people around you.

And leave the world a little better than you found it.

Keep it Paleo!

Your Pal,

Paleo Nick

PS: Flipping out after the final meal of the Keala Foundation Girls' Camp on Sunday...

Verse Of The Day:

The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

Proverbs 11:30