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Use Your Money to Buy Back Time — An Important Shift in Financial Thinking
“How do I buy more time?” is the right question to be obsessed with
Money, to me, always meant having more pleasure and being able to buy stuff. Having money meant less stress and the gift of options. Money could buy me a relaxing holiday, or a better car, or a fancier house.
These money fantasies were nice until I actually got money. My thinking about money changed when I had more than I needed to sustain myself.
That’s when it hit me like a sledgehammer to the head — the benefit of having money is that it allows you to buy back your time. Money buys you time, above everything else.
Thinking About Money in Relation to Time
I’ve just taken four months of work which I bought myself using money. Every day, I have spent the majority of my time writing, learning new skills, having random coffees, and even taking an afternoon nap.
In the last 48 hours, I have attended three sessions of Toastmasters (public speaking classes). Normally, I would attend once a week and then it hit me the other day: “What if I could fast-track my development in public speaking by just going to more classes and doing it more often?”
