Why I value time more than money

If you asked me to choose between time and money, I'd take the time and run.

One of my friends on Facebook posted about wishing she were independently wealthy. A lot of people want to have more than enough money. I'm no different. What I find interesting is how much people focus on having money to do things.

It doesn't make sense to me. Look, I understand it's not about having money, it's about the options which open up when you have money. Let me ask a question: if you made enough to live on and have something extra, what can you not do?

I bet you're creating a list in your head right now. Write it down. Think about it a minute.

Then go to Google and search for people who do each of those things in their life, every single day.

Now here's where you might be thinking, "Jonathan, I can't do all these things if I need to work, I just need the money."

If you can't do them in your life while you're working, then you're looking at one of two things. Either (1) you are not willing to do what you'd need to in order to do all these things, or (2) your list is too damn long. If it's #2, then what you need is more time.

Which brings me back to why I would take time over money.

As long as you have time to do things they are possible. You can find a way to reach out and grab them, a way to experience amazing things. As long as you have time you have opportunity. If you want to do things then do them, because all you have is this finite amount of time, and a lot of that time is going to be taken up by things you may not have thought about.

As long as you perceive money to be more valuable than time you will pursue money with your time. If you value travel more, or writing more, or having kids more, that is what you will spend your time on. Do something with your time. You have no idea what will fall into your lap, and your life is not a story.

Time is THE universal currency.