Contradictions, contradictions...

I actually searched on the web for an exact meaning of Seize The Day and it said: Enjoy the present and don't worry about the future; live for the moment; make the most of today.

I just wanted to make sure that there were no other meanings to this maxim because I feel that Bell is contradicting himself in the story. As the title suggests, you should live on the present and forget about the future. Clearly, this isnt what Tommy is doing. He is entangled on a web of lies, fears, and problems from the past and even from an unknouwn future and he doesnt have the chance to live his life. To seize the day.

In fact, Dr. Tamkin, who is someone in whom Tommy has trusted his life, (or at least all the money he had left)encourages him to relax. To understand that things arent accomplished by following a strait path. That the mess will soon get fixed and that life is not too serious.

Well, I don't know if it is only me, but I feel that all the things that he is teaching Tommy are contradictory to seizing the day. Based on this inofrmation I can make two assumptions. Either the title of the book forshadows the fact that Tommy shouldnt be following Tamkin's advice, or; The whole book is a satire that contradicts itself, and will puzzle us until the very end, where we will be forced to choose between seizing the day, or going with the flow, as Tommy will have to do to find peace.