Taking Your Time

They often say time is money. But it isn’t… Time is life. Time is all we have. When you run out of money you will be forced to find a way to make more, but when you run out of time (life) that’s it. You can’t buy more time.

If that is true shouldn’t we be holding every moment sacred. If we have a fixed amount of time available to us shouldn’t we do everything we can to spend every minute doing the things we love to do. Holding our kids a little longer, spending time on adventures, traveling the world. How can we as human beings rationalize trading our time for money. Sure we need things like food, clothing, and shelter but do we need to continue working for that 3rd car, a speed boat, and the time share condo?

In the book Simple Prosperity: Finding Real Wealth in a Sustainable Lifestyle, author David Wann states that 1/3 of all Americans don’t take all of their vacation days. He quotes a study that says in 2006 574 million days of available vacation time were not taken by Americans. 

Is it really possible that we are so into our work that we are willing to give up a day doing something we love, anything at all, even doing nothing so we can get more work done. I think the world would be a better place if we would all just take a moment and relax.

Don’t be a statistic, take some time to yourself. Go for a walk, drive, or just sit and watch the birds. It could do you a world of good.

Tags: free time, freedom, Live Life, Take time

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