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Which of these philosophies do you ascribe to?

1. Everything in moderation.
2. Anything worth doing is worth doing to extremes.

I suppose you could then add a third, modified version of #1: Everything in moderation, including moderation. I am torn between the responsibility and safety of #1, and the obvious zest for life that #2 represents (modified #1 just seems cheeky to me).

I'm a 2 type of gal, but I am eager to hear reasons why #1 might be the way to go. I was raised with Ecclesiastes 9:10 drilled into my head; "

Whatever presents itself for you to do, do it with all your might, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or skill in the grave where you're going."

You only live once (maybe), but you can get really hurt living to extremes....