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To believe that time is the most valuable thing we have?

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ByLoyalGreenWriter · 20/01/2025 18:50

People often talk about money, success, or relationships being the most important, but isn’t time really the one thing we can never get back? AIBU to think that how we spend our time matters more than anything else in life?

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TheYearOfSmallThings · 20/01/2025 19:24

Up to a point time is the most valuable, but only if you have the good health and money and happiness to enjoy it. If you are poor and sick or in prison, you may have too much time. If you are happy, healthy and productive with a busy job and family, you probably have too little time, but you are still better off.

Newrumpus · 20/01/2025 19:20

Time is fascinating. So beautiful and so cruel.

PinkPomelo · 20/01/2025 19:16

This is deep. I'm thinking about this a lot since having a baby. I'm seriously thinking about really cutting time at work to spend more with her, which I never saw myself doing. But we also need to earn a living so it's so tough to decide.
Lately I spend a lot of my time ruminating and worrying. I wish I could be more present and thankful

Ihateboris · 20/01/2025 19:06

Yes. .I completely agree. When my mum asked me what I wanted for Christmas, my answer was "time "

MatildaTheCat · 20/01/2025 19:00

I kind of agree but to play Devil’s Advocate there are plenty of people living utterly miserable lives and who have plenty of time. Prisoners, seriously disabled, dementia, people who live in poverty in war- torn countries or live under regimes like the Taliban.

Quality can be worth more than quantity. A balanced of health , security and yes, time are all ideals.

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 20/01/2025 18:58

Or...

To believe that time is the most valuable thing we have?
unsync · 20/01/2025 18:57

I think it's good health. You will struggle with everything else if your health is poor.

LucastaNoir · 20/01/2025 18:55

But money can determine how you are able to use your time, relationships are a way of occupying time, and success is often as a result of how time is spent…so I’m not sure that ‘time’ as an abstract concept really means much….

JustWalkingTheDogs · 20/01/2025 18:54

Of course it is, but you don't really understand this properly until it's limited

TheStigarette · 20/01/2025 18:53

Time and health. If you don't have those the rest is irrelevant.

Piccalow · 20/01/2025 18:53

At the same time if someone wants to spend their time on mumsnet or having a nap that's up to them. Not everyone has to cram their lives full of activity. Some people are happy just being

CranfordScones · 20/01/2025 18:53

Yes, I regularly tell this to anyone who will listen.

Strawberryfruitcorner · 20/01/2025 18:52

I agree time is extremely important but I believe it’s health. Or a level of health that gives freedom to live life and use the time we have.

LunaTheCat · 20/01/2025 18:51

I absolutely totally agree.
We live in a death denying culture.

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