What Socrates seems to have meant was that one must continually investigate the difference between perception and reality. If one does not investigate the difference between perception and reality they are wasting their life, since no significant growth is possible if one persists in maintaining his own status quo.
People often question Socrates regarding the limits of his assertion, after all, if one were to commit to marriage, one wouldn't want to constantly examine the marriage, thus undermining it, right?
Which is why it seems Socrates meant that examining life simply implies that one tries to discern between reality and perception. It's not about knowing the details - rather it's about knowing what it is that gives the details meaning.
Inevitably, all mistakes are the consequence of a discrepancy between reality and perception. The mistake is just the effect. The difference between res interna and res externa/extensa are the significant qualities of life that ought to be examined constantly.
-Rob
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