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“We protect money because it’s visible and throw away time because it’s not.”

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“We protect money because it’s visible and throw away time because it’s not.”

—Shane Parrish, Author of the Farnam Street blog

Image from Unsplash by Arvin Mogheyse

We guard our money like treasure — tracking every cent, budgeting, saving, investing. Yet we spend our time as if it were renewable, scattering it on distractions, obligations, and noise.

The irony? Time is the real currency of life.

Money lost can be earned again; time spent is gone for good.

If every hour had a price tag, would we waste so many of them scrolling, worrying, or doing what doesn’t matter?

Imagine treating your time like your savings account — investing with care, protected from theft, managed with intention.

Wealth isn’t measured by what’s in your bank, but by how you choose to spend your moments.

Given this perspective, how wealthy are you, really?

EXERCISE:

How do you and can you honor your time as your unseen fortune?

Moving forward, how will you protect it, spend it, and let every moment be evidence of a life well lived?

You’re spending time to save money when you should be spending money to save time

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“You’re spending time to save money when you should be spending money to save time.”

—Naval Ravikant, Indian-American entrepreneur and investor

Image from Unsplash by Daniel Watson

When I was eleven, I started my first business.

My dad loaned me $75 to buy a Sears Craftsman lawn mower, and I got busy knocking on all the neighborhood doors.

Prior to my gas-powered efforts, I used one of those rotary mowers that would always get clogged with grass if it was too long or wet. After one multi-hour effort on a neighbor’s neglected lawn with only three dollars to show for it, my rotary mower was history.

Where in your life have you and do you trade your time for money?

Where over the years have your learned to use your money to more efficiently and effectively allocate your time?

EXERCISE:

Where and in what ways have you learned that time is the coin of life? In what ways can you spend and invest it more wisely? How can you use your money and other resources to get far more bang for your bucks?