The more I consider the concept of time, the more I appreciate its inherent value.
Contemplate for a moment.
Time is (or, at the very least, should be) worth more than money.
Think about it– money is a generally accepted commodity. You know for a fact how much money is worth, specifically in relation to everything around you. Time, likewise, has a designated value, but the primary difference is that we cannot know how much time we have left. This makes being alive the equivalent to having a credit card that you never have to pay back, and which has no limit, BUT, the only difference is that at any given time, you could be murdered by a sword-wielding maniac and lose what remaining time you otherwise would have had left.
You can know, relatively easily, how much money you have left, but you can never know how much time you have left, regardless of the hundreds of tactics you may enact in a sad attempt to uncover such mysteries. Doesn’t this uncertainty impose a responsibility to act accordingly? The knowledge of my inevitable death helps me to be more ambitious and strive for more.
You wouldn’t spend money wastefully if you weren’t sure that you had the funds to cover such lavish spending. Similarly, you shouldn’t waste your own time doing things you don’t want to do. For all you know, you could die doing that which you hate most in this world, simply because you chose to go along with somebody else’s plans instead of doing what you wanted.
Learn to say “no.”
Plan for the future but live for now.
Now is everything.
Time is everything.
Until next time,
Michael J. Erickson, CEO & Co-Founder
