Saturday, August 09, 2008

Time

Time is a diminishing resource unlike money which is also a resource but doesn't diminish.

You choose who and what to spend your time on. Even if you don't choose, you have just spent that time. Because every second that ticks by is a second lost in eternity. You do things which you find meaningful to you, which you enjoy wasting time on.

During the last days of spending hours to travel everyday, I haven't made use of my travelling time fully. To think of the hours of travelling every day multiplied by many days over-I am guilty of wasting time. I'd slept when I was travelling instead of doing something productive. As we grow older, we have lesser time. So it's natural to grab every minute possible to do those things you can't usually find the time for.

When I went out with SH, she was driving with one hand and in her words, "do(ing) a lot of nonsense" with the other hand like sms-ing, holding the phone speaker, searching for her dropped hp. When I went out with Ms Lim, she cleaned her car while driving. These are people who utilize every second they have.

Time has become such a scarce resource who and what you spend your time on determines if you have lived each day to the fullest. In that case, we should invest our time wisely especially since you can't get it back. If time is a resource, is it wise to invest in people/things in which the returns are low? If someone is unable/unwilling to invest as much time into your relationship as you, should we start investing in other relationships in which the returns are higher? Is fishing as a hobby a productive use of time? Maybe. If you sell the fishes. Or you cook them for dinner.

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