Hexaflexercise: 24 Hours To Live

This brief experiential exercise, which is part of a series derived from acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), is designed to help us commit to values-based actions. The exercise makes use of perspective-taking, inviting us to imagine how we would most want to spend our last 24 hours on earth.

Transcript

Imagine you somehow knew. That you had only 24 hours left to live. And you can't tell anyone. Though you do have the same physical and mental capabilities that you do right now. How would you want to spend that precious time? Who, If anyone, Would you want to share it with? If you could take some part of how you just responded to these questions. And put it into play right now. In other words, If you could engage in some small specific action over the next 24 hours. That aligns with how you would want to spend your last 24 hours on Earth. What would that be? What would that look like? And are you willing to commit to that?