Flight to BKK. Party. Hard. It's probably as good an option as anything. I've done my fair share of it and when I'm supping on my chemo cocktail I will look back and have a smile on my face as I remember those times. :)
Seriously though, I would probably carry on pretty much like I am. Long walks in the beautiful countryside here in the Cotswolds, reading, sitting on the sofa watching ST:Enterprise (the best ST series IMHO!) with my partner and cat, writing, learning, visiting my family. I'm on my typical "gap between contracts" right now so work (or money) isn't an issue.
I'm 55 and conscious of being over half way there. Friend of my brother just died of cancer age 46. I once worked somewhere a guy had a heart attack in the office and died in his mid thirties. I know a guy (programmer) who had a nervous breakdown in his twenties. I once had a guy standing in front of me on the station platform jump in front of the tube train. My partner's best friend was murdered by a serial killer (http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/metro/562809/arrested-ta...), she had not so long before lost her husband to an early death (cancer leading to complications). One of the first jobs I was given when I started my career was to ship a body back from Sudan - he was an oil worker who had been shot. I was 22 at the time. He was 23.
This might all sound depressing but it's life. I learned long ago that life is short, and fragile, and you only have one. It's far too precious to spend most of it doing stuff you don't care about, with people you don't like. Get out there, have fun and LIVE!!
Seriously though, I would probably carry on pretty much like I am. Long walks in the beautiful countryside here in the Cotswolds, reading, sitting on the sofa watching ST:Enterprise (the best ST series IMHO!) with my partner and cat, writing, learning, visiting my family. I'm on my typical "gap between contracts" right now so work (or money) isn't an issue.
I'm 55 and conscious of being over half way there. Friend of my brother just died of cancer age 46. I once worked somewhere a guy had a heart attack in the office and died in his mid thirties. I know a guy (programmer) who had a nervous breakdown in his twenties. I once had a guy standing in front of me on the station platform jump in front of the tube train. My partner's best friend was murdered by a serial killer (http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/metro/562809/arrested-ta...), she had not so long before lost her husband to an early death (cancer leading to complications). One of the first jobs I was given when I started my career was to ship a body back from Sudan - he was an oil worker who had been shot. I was 22 at the time. He was 23.
This might all sound depressing but it's life. I learned long ago that life is short, and fragile, and you only have one. It's far too precious to spend most of it doing stuff you don't care about, with people you don't like. Get out there, have fun and LIVE!!