The Worst Trade

The worst trade you can make is time for money.

The latter is renewable and, in reality, not even real. It's a piece of paper we as a collective agree to believe is backed by the government.

The former--time--is non-renewable and the most precious commodity of all. Once it's spent, it's spent. No refunds, no exchanges.

Be miserly with your time; don't sweat small dollar amounts. Invest the extra cash to have a better experience--a better time.

Our whole society is geared to encourage the opposite. The industrialists spent an incredible amount of resources over decades to convince the populist things are more important than time. That it's worth working for them for a little bit of cash to buy things that propagandists convinced us we want.

Our most precious commodity, bought on the cheap.

Take back your time. Realize you only get one go around, and how you spend your time and attention is final and has ripple effects.

As a great man once said, "This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time."

Do something that excites you and that's useful. Something that you're proud of. Break free from the brain-washed daydream.

Your time is precious. Protect it.