Randy Pausch is dying.  He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and his life expectancy is measured in weeks and months, not years.  You might have heard of Dr. Pausch and his “Last Lecture” (which I highly recommend — google it) or his book of the same title (which I also recommend, it’s on iTunes).  Seeing this man squeeze every ounce of life out of each day has been truly inspiring.

I stumbled upon Randy’s videos through iTunes U.  I’m such a nerd that instead of keeping up with the latest albums by the latest artists, I’m searching for free knowledge on iTunes.  I saw that a new University had posted content (sweet!) so I check out Carnegie Mellon University.  Not really sure why I clicked through to Computer Science, but I did and I saw a video titled “Time Management”.  I thought it was a bit odd to be placed in Computer Science, and I needed some help managing my time, and it was only an hour long so I watched it.  This is when I find out that this guy is dying and immediately after watching the video I check him out on Google.  Apparently I was a little slow on the uptake — he’s kind of a celebrity now.  Anyway, that doesn’t change the fact that this guy’s story has definitely left more than a few chisel marks on my life.

When you think about it, we’re all dying; it’s the only thing guaranteed coming to us.  Randy is fortunate enough to know that he is running out of time which has given him the opportunity to make the most of it.

No links in this post; Look him up — it’s worth it.