Time is more valuable than money
It’s sometimes said that time is money. It seems to me that time is even more valuable than money. You can make more money. You can’t make more time.
One of the challenges is that time seems abundant until it’s gone. We spend time scrolling through social media or watching videos and then wonder where the time went.
How differently might we behave if we watched how we spent our time as closely as we spend our money?
Hopefully, my questions cause you to reflect on your own thinking, relationships or choices. Maybe I even inspire you to make positive changes.
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