Read the whole thing for context (like what, exactly, is a memento mori?) but I liked this quote enough to want easy access to it again.
But back to this post. I have a memento mori–a skull on my desk. And on hard days at work I look at it and think: Remember the truth about all this stuff around you, all this stuff that is stressing you and everyone else out–all this striving, pushing, competing, assessing, goal-setting, excelling, climbing, and performing.
It’s all just Vanity of Vanities.