As Seneca once said:
“People are frugal in guarding their money/property; but as soon as it comes to time they are wasteful of the one thing in which it is right to be stingy.”
Time is the only resource we will never be able to replenish.
You can always make more money and other resources but not time. Once it’s gone, it’s gone.
Limit the time you spend using social media
Social media is one of the great time-waters of our time. It is designed in that way on purpose to literally make you spend as much time on it as possible. Unless you are getting paid for using social media, the best thing you can do is to quit.
You’ll be amazed what you can do with all the time suddenly available to you.
Stop watching TV
TV is almost as bad as social media. That includes streaming platforms. Just like the social media platforms, TV platforms money from your time or worse from your subscription 🙂
Sure there may be some useful documentary from time to time, where you can learn a thing or two. But you can simply research that online without wasting all the time. Or just imagine putting all the time into building a 2nd income.
Start questioning things
Before you invest your time into something, ask yourself this question:
“Is this beneficial to me? Is that a good investment of my time?”
There is a great book by Greg McKeown which touches upon this very subject. The book’s title is: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less.
Say “no” more often
As Seneca once said:
“People are frugal in guarding their money/property; but as soon as it comes to time they are wasteful of the one thing in which it is right to be stingy.”
This quote comes from a book we would definitely recommend, the title is “On the shortness of life by Seneca.
You can read a summary here.
