Principlev1
When mortality is confronted consciously rather than
When mortality is confronted consciously rather than suppressed, reorient priorities toward intrinsic goals and emotionally meaningful activities, because limited time horizons shift optimization from achievement quantity to experience quality.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives directly from When mortality is made salient and consciously processed (mortality salience reorganizes priorities toward intrinsic goals) and Perception of time remaining in life fundamentally shapes (perception of time remaining shapes motivation). This is a prescriptive principle for using mortality awareness as a decision filter. It's actionable across many life domains and follows clearly from the axioms about temporal psychology.