Do You Waste $86,400 Every Day?
Craig Arthur writes a great article here about what would we do if we had a bank account that was always credited with $86,400 each morning. Then anything that was left in the account at night was removed, leaving a zero balance.
For money read time, or actually the number of minutes in each day.
It really brings home the words, "seize the day".
It makes you aware of your own limited time on this earth.
For the more resilent among you there is a spreadsheet you can construct that shows you how much time you have.
You make each column equivalent to one day. You assume you live, say 70 years. Then you allocate that (70 times 365, and 366 in a leap year) number of columns.
You colour in the colums you've already spent, so if you thirty that equals 30 times 365 (and 366 in a leap year) number of columns.
In the rows you put in the relationships you have and colour in their duration. Particularly for children's time at home with you.
Put in your holidays, put in your must do for work stuff, your must do for the family.
It brings home exactly how little time we have doesn't it?
I don't highlight this to be morbid but to urge you to make each day as packed as you can. Not packed with work and rushing but with the things that are important, family, relationships and your own health.
Top achiever's can still achieve, just be careful to realise the cost.
posted by Jim Symcox @ 11/14/2005 11:34:00 am
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