When a person experiences death, it is not them who dies, but the world that dies to them. When we experience death, it is not that we die, it is the world, our world, that dies. We do not stop happening to the world; the world stops happening to us.
In a moment I will continue writing my novel and finish my 1700 words for the day. This business of writing has allowed me to focus my energies by causing me to command thought and action at will. The goal to write every day, do or die, has forced me to produce without hesitation.