[ WP ] We have the technology to upload a persons mind into a clone . The clones only last 24 hours though . Your original body died long ago , and every day you have to swap out to a new body .

Immortality is a lot of work. 
 
 
 It is also very expensive. 
 
 
 Everyday, I have a new body. But it dies. I have to keep a very strict schedule. 
 
 
 The movies and books always show the dark side of immortality as depression. You don ’ t change, but your friends and life long loves die. You shut yourself off from the world, reading books or studying art. 
 
 God, I wish I had the time. I haven ’ t seen my girlfriend in days. I ’ m too busy. 
 
 I have to verify my new body is going to work. I have to check all the equipment, make sure the transfer will take, and get everything set up. I start at 9 am in a new body and spend the next four ours making sure the next one is done. I eat lunch, I verify I have materials to make the next few bodies. Then it ’ s on to my job, selling little pieces of the tech I ’ ve used to make this happen, working with buyers, talking with my lawyers and accountants. 
 
 It ’ s 8 pm before I have free time. 
 
 Yeah, the night is mine. I don ’ t really need to sleep. I get tired, but I ’ ll down an energy drink. Energy drinks are crazy when you ’ ve never had one before. And every day I ’ ve never had one before. 
 
 I still have to shower in the mornings, though. I ’ ve got to get the synthetic amniotic fluid smell off of each new rig. 
 
 And I have to be back in the lab by 5 am. I have to do the prep work on the new rig, make sure the current rig doesn ’ t fail because I spent an extra couple hours messing around and got to the lab too late. If I haven ’ t started the transfer procedure by 8 am there ’ s a good chance I ’ ll die. 
 
 I thought about hiring a lab assistant, but who would I trust? And they ’ d probably want to be immortal too. That would just take up even more time. What if I pissed them off and they sabotaged the transfer? No court would convict them of murder; no court would understand what the hell is even going on in this lab. They would just take the tech and walk. 
 
 So my immortality isn ’ t movie depressing, it ’ s monotonous and highly organized. 
 
 Sometimes I wonder if it ’ s worth it at all. 
 
 I took some spare change and funded some tech companies, hoping they ’ d develop something that would make the process a little faster. I guess I have the time to wait, but these new bodies aren ’ t cheap, and I need to develop new tech to make some money when my current tech stops paying the bills. 
 
 God, immortality is a pain in the ass. 
 
 There are perks. I can do any drug I want, as long as the effects only last a couple hours. I eat terrible food, because it tastes wonderful and I have no long term health effects. I can screw anybody, no worries about STDs. Jail time, though, that would kill me, so prostitutes are too risky. And it takes time to find someone to have sex, and I don ’ t have a lot of that. So the sex thing is more of a possible perk I guess. 
 
 Hell, I think I might have to break up with my girlfriend. I scratched my arm the other day while we were on a hike. So I had to try and re-scratch my arm in the exact same way for a week. Then she said it was weird that it wasn ’ t healing, so I stopped. Then she said it was super weird that it just healed all of the sudden. I just told her I have a weird body. 
 
 She wanted to get tattoos. I had to shut that down pretty quickly. 
 
 It ’ s too early to tell her, we ’ ve only been seeing each other a few months. What if she ’ s evil or something? She could steal my technology, or sabotage it. I would literally die. 
 
 And if things do get serious, and I tell her, what if she freaks out? What if she tells someone? I can ’ t hide it to well. “ What? She ’ s insane! But no, I can ’ t hang out between 7 am and 10 am. I ’ m busy everyday. With secret stuff. ” 
 
 I can ’ t travel the world, I can ’ t leave the city overnight. 
 
 I have time. Maybe I will shut myself away, spend more time trying to get over the 24 hour problem. It will take years, but I ’ ve got years. 6 to 8 hours free everyday for as long as I want. 
 
 Forever. 
 
 As long as the money keeps coming in, I don ’ t make a mistake, my land isn ’ t seized, I can get the materials I need, the power stays on, no one finds out, and I can stay motivated. 
 
 Then, forever. 
 
 

