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Bonus topic: you only have an hour to live

by Scott Berkun on January 11, 2011

As a bonus topic for the day, here’s an interesting one:

If you only had an hour to live, what what you do with those 60 minutes?

(You’d get an extra 5 minutes to post about the 60 minutes on your blog of course).

 

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  1. naturalredhead #

    What would you do, Scott? (Thanks for posting these intriguing prompts.)

    January 11, 2011
    • Scott Berkun #

      Clearly I’d post to a blog asking others what they would do, before I’d do anything :)

      January 11, 2011
      • dogkisses #

        Awesome Scott! :)

        January 11, 2011
      • Oye #

        Hi Scott,

        You recently asked us for a list of suggestions for the Post A Day challenge. Is WordPress going to publish a list of those suggestions, in addition to the 2011 Topic List?

        Keep up the good work.

        January 11, 2011
  2. debsmansellini #

    I agree! Thanks for posting these prompts that not only make me think, but get people talking as well.

    January 11, 2011
  3. Lisa #

    Hi. I have a request. I just started this post a week blog challenge for 2011, and would really love it if there’s a sticky post keeping tap on what all the suggested topics posted so far. I know this will really help when it gets to be post#110 and people may want to see what suggested topics were for post #1-10 for example. Thank you so much!

    January 11, 2011
  4. Ashley Pariseau #

    This one will be tough to answer.

    January 11, 2011
  5. One Change At A Time #

    60 minutes! + 5 of course… :) When you’re sitting at your desk or laying in bed, can think calmly but I think it’s like one of those situations when someone asks you, “you’re walking and a car is headed in your direction full speed, how’d you react?” Unless you’re in that moment yourself, its hard to accurately say how you’d react. When I do in advance of my last hour to live, I would prolly call/email/txt as many people as I can and show my gratitude for their presence in my life….but I would limit this to 15 minutes… not yet thought about how I’d spend the rest of my 45 minutes! What’s the fun in planning it all out until the last minute anyway, right!? :)

    Scott, what would you do?

    January 11, 2011
  6. ionescut1n #

    multumesc dar nu ma pricep

    January 11, 2011
  7. Philip Barrow #

    While these ideas may be stimulating, why don’t we have alternatives that touch on current affairs in business, politics, sports and society?

    January 11, 2011
    • Scott Berkun #

      Offer me some specific ones and I just might use them.

      January 11, 2011
  8. Mina #

    Olá Scott, sabe que nunca pensei nisso, mas acho que não ficaria aqui escrevendo não!!!
    Mina

    January 11, 2011
  9. Zol H #

    Easy. I would have one last cig. Inhale like crazy. I quit in 1986, so it’s been a while.
    http://zolh2011.wordpress.com/

    January 11, 2011
  10. cassieathome #

    Oh man. I have just come onto The Daily Post to link to my post about taking a break from this challenge for a little while. I live in Brisbane, Australia and our communities are being devestated by major flooding right now. This topic, while I would ordinarily think it was a fun idea, has a stomach-twisting effect on me right now!

    January 11, 2011
  11. hiddendisabilities #

    Do we get a gold medal for answering both Q’s today????!!!!

    January 11, 2011
  12. divadish58 #

    I have 60 minutes. HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, I would hug & Kiss all my family members, Kiss my Pets, because they are also my family, tell everyone I will see them in Heaven someday, and then serve myself one huge piece of
    of my Raspberry Cheesecake, Yummmmmmmmmm!

    January 11, 2011
  13. JsQuare #

    http://imjsquare.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/if-you-only-had-an-hour-to-live-what-what-you-do-with-those-60-minutes/
    here’s my link on what I would do if I have 1 hour to live

    January 11, 2011
  14. Katherine Gordy Levine #

    My suggestion: I would like to see the posts on topic separated from those that are unrelated. I think the topics taxes our creativity and I am most interested in meeting that challenge and reading the responses others make. Now I have to wade through advertizing for individual blogs, some of which are great, but not what I am interested in. I don’t think it would be too hard to set up. I wonder if others agree.

    January 11, 2011
  15. venneblock #

    I didn’t sign up for the challenge — I post at least twice weekly, so I didn’t need the Post-A-Week challenge, and with twin toddler sons, I just don’t think I can commit to Post-A-Day. But I’ve been receiving the topics, and they’re very helpful — I’m finding I can usually massage them to make them work for me, even though my blog is about Math Jokes. I was rather proud of my latest post; thought I’d share!

    http://mathjokes4mathyfolks.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/an-hour-left-to-live/

    January 11, 2011
  16. JoyMeii #

    this is interesting! time to think :B

    January 11, 2011
  17. Destination Infinity #

    The true essence of our existence is about what we did with all the time we had before that last hour – not so much about what we might do in the last hour! :)

    Destination Infinity

    January 11, 2011
  18. Jane #

    I can’t help feel like there’s an increasingly macabre theme going here.

    January 11, 2011
  19. ទឹម បឿន #

    This is the last time to say goodbye to other blogger :D

    January 12, 2011
  20. arvans08 #

    Awesome Question to strike instant thoughts in the person’s mind who reads this question…
    My link:
    http://rollingcoasters.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/post-a-week2011i-have-only-one-hour-to-live-what-would-i-do-with-this-time/

    January 12, 2011
  21. djbaroque #

    I’d grab my girlfriend and dance my way into death.

    January 12, 2011
    • JoyMeii #

      nice!

      January 12, 2011
      • noobcake #

        Very poetic. Thumbs up!

        February 12, 2011
  22. cherylsgifts2go #

    What an interesting question. It certainly makes you think fast.

    January 12, 2011
  23. Marestragua #

    I would take a shower, nice breakfast get properly dress for winter season and live shoping

    January 12, 2011
  24. Marestragua #

    Notify me of follow-up comments via email

    January 12, 2011
  25. Tüketici adresi #

    merhaba..

    January 12, 2011
  26. Aditi #

    Just finished writing about it. I asked my friends on facebook and check out their replies as well on http://t.co/Bdwzy8k
    Great topic but tough writing about it.

    January 12, 2011
  27. Magnificent Minimalist #

    I’d grab on to those I love and hug them until I was gone.

    January 12, 2011
  28. Supreeth #

    This a good one. Here is my take on what I think these people with different backgrounds would do.

    http://supreethrajan.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/an-hour-to-live/

    January 13, 2011
  29. Mad Hatter #

    http://abcd12345678910abcdefghiefghi.wordpress.com/2011/01/15/if-i-only-had-an-hour-to-live/

    January 15, 2011
  30. Narendra #

    I tried this. It’s is kindda India centric.. foreign readers may not be able to relate however, the flavor is fun (I hope so ) :-P

    http://reddyzviewz.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/if-i-had-only-one-hour-to-live/

    January 16, 2011
  31. tantienhime #

    Tough one: http://tantienhime.wordpress.com/2011/04/09/bonus-if-i-had-an-hour-to-live/

    November 8, 2011

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