Time is your most valuable asset, stop wasting it.

The image on this post is the grandfather clock in our new, old house. I absolutely love this thing. So much so that at the top of each hour, when the bells chime, I enthusiastically call out “it’s 12 o’clock Ebenezzer!” (In my best British accent of course.) Every hour, everyday since we moved in. My family can’t help but laugh even though they insist that I am so annoying;)

I enjoy this clock because of the constant reminder from the tick of the second hand just how quickly time passes. There are endless clichés people say like “it goes by so fast” or “I can’t believe how fast my kids grew up” or even “there’s never enough time in the day.” Yet, everyone is dishing out their time as if it has little to no value at all. You’re not short on time, your squandering it. Need proof? Take a look at your screen time tracker. Mortifying!

We don’t notice how careless we are with our time because we give it away in small bits and pieces. 2 minutes here, 5 minutes there and before we know it we’ve accumulated 5 hours of screen time in a day. 5 hours of your most valuable asset pissed away on people you don’t know or don’t know you and things you have no say in or even care about.

Would you just give away a day’s balance in your bank account? Giving a dollar here and ten bucks there, to people you don’t know on the streets, until you only had a few dollars left at the end of the day and then complain about not having enough money?

That’s exactly what you’re doing with your time. One minute spent liking or commenting on posts is giving away your most valuable asset. Watching some grown ass adult dancing on tik-tok or reading propaganda in the name of journalism as if you have all the time in the world. Reading this article is giving away a piece of your most valuable asset. Which, by the way, is why I am so grateful when people take the time to read my stuff, listen to my podcast, or come see me speak. You are literally giving me something more valuable than anything else you possess. I don’t take that lightly and it keeps me working hard to earn it. Working on my goals for 2022 I wrote down in my journal to create content worthy of people turning to me as their daily go-to source of inspiration and learning. That’s a tall order and I love the challenge. It’s not crazy for me to be an online teacher and writer and tell you to stop reading stuff online. If I produce content worthy of your most valuable asset, I deserve it. If I don’t, you should spend your time somewhere that’s worthy. Since you are reading this, thank you. I don’t take your time lightly.

Protect your time like it’s more valuable than money because in fact, it is. You can make more money but you cannot make more time. Also be aware of wasting others people’s time. Their’s is just as valuable as yours so don’t squander their time either.

“The clock is ticking Ebenezzer!”