the true value of 40%

By the time this year’s over, I’m fairly certain that I would have spent 40% of the year working.

40%

That’s about 3,500 hours. That’s somewhere between 65 to 70 hours a week.

And I promise you, I’m not exaggerating. I'm a workaholic. I know that. It has its pros and cons, but generally, I’m not proud of it.

On one hand, I recognize that I’m still young.

And my young energy should be spent building the future I want for myself and my family.

On the other hand, I recognize I’m still young.

But if 40%+ of my young life is spent away from family and the unique experiences I need to grow, then I may be missing out on valuable memories, moments and lessons while sabotaging the future I want for myself and my family. (Sorry, that was a run-on sentence.)

I’m not alone here, though.

I’m sure you can probably relate to this issue on some level. After all, life is really just an extended game of give and take.

But of all the things that we have to give, time is the most important and probably the most misunderstood.

By the time this year’s over, I would have given 40% of my time in exchange for money, mostly. And while there are merits to this transaction, I’m learning to change my perspective on this.

Instead of spending 40% of my time to make money, I probably should be spending 40% of my money to save time. Or something like that.

I’m thinking this through, and maybe sometime next year, I’ll tell you how it’s going.

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