Before I decide to do something, I take this string of thoughts from when I wander around my brain, and apply it to the situation.
"Whatever I can do to get to heaven, I should do. Well, then again, life is a valuable thing, and maybe not everything should be focused on using life as a tool to get to heaven. I allow room for that already though. Thusly these things are in check. The thought of heaven and infinitely existing there is so scary. Until a person thinks about it, they don'y realize what forever means. Eternity is enternity. This makes me afraid of heaven in a way. However, I think of the even more sinister option, and, I must say, I will take heaven. If I do anything that would take me away from going to heaven, why would it be worth it? If my lifetime is an infinitely small speck in my entire being, then why should I worry so much about it? Should I not worry more about whether or not I get to heaven and peacefully exist forever?"
Folks, my thoughts run into the weirdest little nooks and crannys you can find. This is just a small piece of everything else. So far, the above has provided me with a decent life, but at the same time, what seems to me will be a decent afterlife.