Feudal Japanese elite samurai would ask themselves a question before taking action:

If I die tomorrow, does this choice still matter?
This is a judgment question, used to quickly filter out fear, pride, and short-term emotions.
Many decisions of modern people are driven by invisible pressures: deadlines, others' opinions, fear of missing out.
As a result, life gradually becomes a series of coping, losing true clear-headed choices.
By using this question to filter every day, many things become simpler.
Small worries lose their weight, big risks become clearer, and those things that will be meaningless next year are no longer worth pursuing.