You can control money, but not time
Time is our most precious. We cannot
control time and we all get the same amount, 24 hours a week, 7 days a week, 52
weeks in a year, so use it wisely. You can always get your money back or make
more. I would rather leave work on schedule and get paid a bit less than work
overtime for me and have no time to do what I want.
Yes: It is Better To Have Time Than Money
It is hard to draw an absolute to this
question, but if we define time as a valuable possession, as in something
someone might enjoy (rather than time spent worrying about money), then yes,
time is hands down better than money. A person who has money also has time,
just not the kind of time they would want, so we must therefore define the time
to be a kind of desirable time, which is far more precious than the empty
currency which will ultimately collapse.
1. Experiences
Hug someone. Kiss someone. Write someone a
letter telling them how you feel. Run (or walk) a marathon. Spend all day
making an exquisite meal and eat it by candlelight. Make love to someone. Face
the thing you most fear right in the face. The rush you get from experiencing
something amazing is one of the best parts of being human, and most of the time
the financial cost is minimal.
2. Wisdom
If you think you know the answer, you’re
far from wise. Keep learning. Wisdom comes from knowing how little you actually
know. Spend some time learning something new, perhaps even becoming skilled at
something. You’ll surprise yourself at what you gain, often far beyond the mere
knowledge you hoped to attain.
3. Marriage
Accepting another person wholly and
intimately into your life is utterly life-changing. Opening up every part of
yourself to another person is constantly challenging, but constantly powerful
in how it changes you and makes you strive to be a better person.
4. Friendships
The regular companionship and camaraderie
of people you care about and share interests with is continually
life-affirming. Friendships don’t revolve around the things you have or the
activities you can afford – they revolve around people.and shared experiences.
5. Physical health
Health can’t be bought, but it can be
helped by the personal choices we make. Exercise. Eating better. Making choices
that are less sedentary. Getting involved with activities that get us moving.
Practicing proper hygiene. Money pales in comparison to the value of the
physical health needed to enjoy life.
6. Mental health
On the flip side of the physical coin is
mental health. Expressing our feelings in a healthy way. Finding people to talk
to and relate our problems. Addressing the issues that bother us. Seeking
professional help when these options don’t change things for the better. Again,
money is insignificant compared to the value of mental balance.
7. Personal passions
What activities make you feel truly excited
and fulfilled? Those things are the spice of life – every one of us wins by
digging into our passions. The best part? Quite often, seeking out and
following your passions often means that money will follow in the wake.
8. Communication
The ability to express our thoughts and
feelings to a receptive audience is truly invaluable. it enables us to share
elements of our inner world with others, something that can’t be achieved by
all of the material wealth on this planet.
9. Self-reliance
Money comes, money goes. The ability to
survive and even thrive with no money means that money becomes significantly
less important. The ability to do things yourself reduces the need you have for
money to solve your problems.
10. Security
If we channel our efforts into creating a
sefe and secure enviroment where we’re protected from our failures, we create a
situation where our fortunes are much less tied to our ability to put money in
our pocket. If we put effort into security now, we have true safety later, a
type of safety that can’t be broken by ordinary material needs.
11. Helping others
For most people, the action of helping
others provides a great deal of personal joy and satisfaction, something that
cannot be replaced by any sort of material item. Helping others often requires
no financial resources at all and can sometimes generate financial resources –
free meals and such – plus goodwill in the community. Good karma has tremendous
value.
12. Personal growth
Every single person has countless
opportunities to improve as a person – their behavior, their beliefs, and so
forth. Working to grow as a person only improves you and rarely costs anything,
but it almost always improves your income potential for the future as well as
naturally improving your outlook on the world and your self-confidence.
13. Thankfulness
When you move from desiring the things that
you do not have to being thankful for the things that you do have, your
perspective on the world changes drastically. Your desire for having the latest
things goes down while, at the same time, your contentedness with life goes up
dramatically.
14. Hobbies
If you can discover personally fulfilling
activities to fill your time, you introduce happiness into your life. Many
people fall into routines by default, never asking if their choices introduce
authentic happiness, then they try to chase a sense of happiness by purchasing
things. Step back from this. Try new things, and dig into the things you
genuinely enjoy. Often, it’s the simplest things – playing a game with our
partner, going on long walks, collecting rocks or leaves – that bring us the
greatest personal satisfaction.
15. Spirituality
Does our life have a purpose? Do we have a
spirit? Is there something greater than we can comprehend all around us?
Digging into these questions through reading, contemplation, meditation, and
prayer can bring an incredible sense of calm, peace, and even joy that can be
difficult to find in other avenues – and impossible to find with money.
The more of these elements you dig into and
discover in your life, the lesser the role of money, materialism, and spending
occupies. In the end, you’ll find that you’re no longer chasing money, but that
instead money is following you on the path to a much better life.
mantaaap! keep it up woohooooooo
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