The Math on Time

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A recent piece in the Atlantic notes that a typical career is 80,000 hours. Most of us will spend precious years on the too seriously end of the spectrum. How many more times will you see your parents? It never gets easier to make the trip home to see them. You are already naked, there is no reason not to follow your heart.

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Becoming a father has changed a lot of things about my life. My relationship with time—specifically my awareness of the passing of time—has fundamentally morphed.
The Paradox of Time: We are aware of the incredible value of our time but constantly take actions that are disrespectful of that value. We know how important our time is, yet we ignore its passage and engage in low value activities that pull us away from the things that really matter.
Our time is finite, but we often fail to recognize it until it's too late. Asking the hard questions and doing the simple math that they require is how you can bring awareness to the surface and rethink your priorities and tradeoffs.