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TIME MANAGEMENT

Not Having Enough Time To Do Your Own Things Is A Lie

You do have the time, you just need to take it back from somewhere else

Benny Lim
7 min readMar 28, 2025

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I’ve been writing online for about two decades now (if you count online blogging since 2005) and consistently on Medium since 2019.

I work at full-time job, am happily married to the love of my life, and we share two beautiful boys together.

I make sure that I’m a very present and hands-on father to my boys, and I do my fair share of hubby duties so that my wife doesn’t have to do it all.

On top of that, I still try my best to enjoy playing video games, working out, and building a business on the side.

If you ask most people, they will tell you that they most likely don’t have the time to do everything I just told you I do on a regular basis.

They’d give you excuses like how their full-time job takes up so much of their time, and how they’re so tired from that to do anything else.

Well, what if I tell you that most of that is a lie?

What if I tell you that even if you have a 9–5 job, have a family that you want to be fully-present for, and still enjoy your hobbies, that you still have time to build a business…

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Benny Lim
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Written by Benny Lim

Medium writer since 2019, writing my way to a better life, and helping you lead a better life, one article at a time.

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