What If Life Was Like A Video Game And You Had Two Extra Lives?

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2 min readMar 19

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Today’s question is:

What if life was like a video game and you had 2 extra lives? How would you risk one of your lives?

I’m a very risk averse person. So I probably would try not to risk any of my lives! Not on purpose anyway. But if something were to happen to me…

Caitlin McColl

Written by Caitlin McColl

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Inkslinger Magazine

I write about mental health, the future, grief & loss, mindfulness, general life musings (+ fiction and poetry!). ❤️coffee & dogs. 🇨🇦

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