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This article may seem a bit depressing, but hang with me. I’m setting the stage for thoughts on simpler living. I’m not talking about hanging your clothes on the line rather than using the clothes dryer, although, we’ll go there too. I want you to think about why. Why save a penny? Why save Earth’s resources? Why carpool?

It is saddening when we hear someone died. We think of the deceased as not being able to do more in life. Give or take one’s view on the afterlife, we can usually agree that this form of life, as we understand it, stops when someone dies. That if they had not died, they would have time tomorrow and the next day. Tomorrow would have been another day, an extension of their life, another unit of life they would have had.

With that in mind, think of this.

I go to work, time out of my life, my life units. I can’t get those life units back; I only have so much life, so much time. In exchange, my employer gives me monetary units, called money. Monetary units, money, dollars, they are made, wasted, burned; there is more money than there is gold to back it.

Time versus money, it’s very subjective. I’m not here to tell you your doing anything wrong. I’m suggesting you really look at what is important to you. I guarantee one day will be your last. Don’t waste your time, your time is your life and it’s in short supply. You can’t buy any more life, and life is consumable.

Another thing to think about, the quality of your life during your life span. Let’s say you always wanted to go skydiving. You were going to do it when you were 20, but you were busy with college. At 30 you had little kids, 40 was a whirlwind of mortgage payments and auto loans, at 50 the kids were in college, 60 you had that tax audit. Now at 70, you’re ready to retire, kick back and go skydiving? Not at all that a 70 year old couldn’t sky dive. Just that it’s not usually done by 70 year olds, and that’s for a reason.

Just some things to think about. Make the most out of your day. Peace!

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