live every day from the crack of dawn until you can't keep your eyes open a second longer.

"now that i please myself, my priorities are better. the people i love. my health. getting the most i can out of every day. the actor danny kaye used to say, 'life is a great big canvas. throw all the paint you can at it.' i like that thought. more important, i try to live by it as much as i can
i get up really early most mornings so i can watch the sun rise. i put flower buds in a lot of little bottles around the house so i can see the blossoms open everywhere. i feed whole peanuts to the blue jays because they love having their food gift-wrapped, and i never tire of watching them try to fit more than one peanut into their bill at a time. i read good, hard books, and if i can't sleep, i might throw a few logs onto the fire and watch law and order reruns."
[james patterson, sam's letters to jennifer].