One never knows when Hashem will decide that your time in Olam Ha zeh should end, so one should always strive to make the most of every day as if it was your last- it just may be.
Somewhere I read the idea that each person is put on the earth to accomplish one specific task, sometimes it may be as small as bringing another person into the world, or as large as inventing the microprocessor, but whatever it is, once that "task" is complete, Hashem can take you from the world at any time.
So I often wonder - what is my role in this life? What was I meant to do, and have I done it yet? I don't think it is possible to really know the answer to that, at least in this world - may in the next, so my philosophy has been to constantly search out new things to do, hopefully along the lines of making this world a better place, no matter how small.
I don't really care so much that I be "remembered for doing X or Y", just that I feel as though I have made some positive impact on the world, and that when people do remember me, it is with positive thoughts.
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