"Mitch," he said, " the culture doesn't encourage you to think about such things until you're about to die. We're so wrapped up with egotistical things, career, family, having enough money, meeting the mortgage, getting a new car, fixing the radiator when it breaks--we're involved in trillions of little acts just to keep going. So we don't get into the habit of standing back and look at our lives and saying, Is this all? Is this all I want? Is something missing?
egotistical /ˌiːɡəˈtɪstɪkəl/
someone who is egotistical likes to talk about how great and important they think they are
be wrapped up with
to give so much of your attention to something that you do not have time for anything else
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