Life is Time, Time is Money

           Life, college, work, studies, family, friends, socializing, travelling, partying, sleeping, reading, eating, moving, living, surviving. There are so many things we do every single day. There are too many things to do that sometimes I wonder why our heads don’t explode. We are a culture of fast-paced, never-ending, multi-tasking habits. Only doing one thing at a time takes too much out of our time. Time is precious, time is money. We’d be wasting a lot of time just doing nothing, so we do many things at one time to effectively use the limited time we have even when we don’t think we are. Time, time, time.

We plan, we act, and we conquer. If it wasn’t for planning, I would have no idea what to do with my life. I work by a list, a schedule to check off what I have completed and to know what I have to get done. Right now, this walking journal is on a list of many things that need to get done this weekend. For example, my plans and goals for today are to get my argumentative essay done, apply for a job, go to the UNR vs. San Diego State game (GO Pack!), finish applying to a scholarship, and hopefully get some workouts done in between. Life is a schedule, but it is never boring.

I like to stay busy, but there are also different kinds of busy. School busy is my least favorite; I am not too big a fan of lots of homework because I feel as if it detracts from my ability to enjoy other things. I enjoy being work busy. I never have an excuse to just sit down; I love being on the move doing things, learning things, experiencing things. Honestly, I like to have a mix of everything in my life knowing that I am doing something productive because, again, time is money.

            Now, I did not come up with this phrase: Time is money. I actually heard this being used when I was listening to a motivational speech on the wonders of life and the future. The speaker gave us five rules, but I can only ever remember this one. It is the base from which everything stems out. It is how well you use the time that you have that will have the biggest impact on your life.

Hope you enjoyed my stream-of-consciousness!