When we “save time,” we don’t really save it. We can’t put it in a vault to use at some point in the future – we have to spend it right now. Otherwise it’s gone. Time is going to pass no matter what; all we can do is determine how we’ll spend each second, each minute, each hour, each day. So this book isn’t really about saving time at all. It’s about spending time differently.
People struggle with the concepts of time and space. The universe is massive, but surely it has an end, right? Well, if it does, what’s right on the other side of that? It seems impossible for something not to have an end, but it also seems impossible for it to have an end. Same with time. Certainly there was a beginning, right? But if so, what happened right before that? It’s hard to wrap our brains around it. Perhaps it’s why humans are so fascinated with time. Or perhaps it’s because we’re here for such a short amount of it. It would be a shame not to make the most of the time we have.
Other points to work in
Blink and you’ll miss it – true of small towns, also true of life
Since the dawn of time, people have obsessed about time.
Time management, just like money management, is not about deprivation. It’s about maximizing. We’re optimizing the use of time and money.
Disposable income. What about disposable time – isn’t it even more important? But the word “disposable” isn’t really the right word – it implies that we’ll waste it. I prefer “usable” or “enjoyable.”
10th president’s grandson is still alive