#089: Life's Currency: How 28,835 Jelly Beans Changed My Perspective

The James Mellon Podcast

A video visualization of our lifetime as 28,835 jelly beans prompts deeper reflection on how we use our limited time on earth and the power of focusing on today.
• Life represented as jelly beans shows how much time goes to sleeping, working, and daily tasks
• The remaining jelly beans represent our time for joy, creativity, and pursuing what we love
• The key question is not "what would you do if you died tomorrow?" but "what would you do with today if anything was possible?"
• All of us have thousands of days left, but the only one that matters is today
• Our focus determines our reality—where focus goes, energy flows
• Everything in life is as it's supposed to be, but we decide what "supposed to be" means
• We don't need to find the flow of life because we are the flow
• Three reflective questions: What makes you passionate about living? What diminishes that passion? What will you leave behind?
If you only had one jelly bean, what would you do with it? Whatever that answer is, do it now—because every day, you only get one jelly bean. Live it to the fullest.
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Chapters

1. Introducing The Mind-Blowing Video (00:00:00)

2. The Jelly Bean Visualization (00:04:23)

3. Focus on Today's Bean (00:09:44)

4. Breaking Free From Worry (00:14:08)

5. The Right Path Question (00:21:02)

6. Flowing With Life's Purpose (00:24:55)