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What does it mean?
Edwards resolves to live fully and with maximum effort for as long as he remains alive.
In plain terms
Live fully for as long as you can.
What can you take from it?
Use your time and energy with purpose.

Where it applies

  • career
  • goals
  • daily life

Putting it to work

  • prioritize tasks
  • stay active

Questions to consider

  • What keeps you going?
  • How do you define living fully?

Another view

Living with constant might can lead to burnout.

More from Jonathan Edwards

  1. Resolved, never to lose one moment of time; but improve it the most profitable way I possibly can.

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  2. Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.

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  3. Resolved, that I will do whatsoever I think to be most to God's glory, and my own good, profit and pleasure, in the whole of my duration, without any considera…

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