I never fully understood the true definition of time is money until recently, at least for me. I remember listening to a podcast which now I can’t remember whose it was, but he said something that stayed with me.
There are three forms of currency that everyone pays in; money, time, and sanity
So with whatever you do, you are paying in money, time, and sanity.
Then, I took a look at my own life, and asked myself what was the currency I was using the most? Turns out I was so focused on “saving money” that I did everything myself. Meal prepped on Sundays, cleaned my house every week, did my own laundry. I remember having some form of judgment towards people and thinking:
Why do they pay someone to clean their house when they could just save the money and do it themselves?
OR
Why do people buy lunch every day or get those meal plans when they could save money and do it themselves?
In reality, I was saving money in doing these things, but was sacrificing my time and sanity because my weekends would be filled with doing chores and taking away from doing the things I love like spending time with my fiancé, hanging out with family/friends, and working on myself.
I recently got a cleaning lady and a meal prep service through ideal nutrition. I’m spending a little more, but the extra time I get is invaluable.
Money comes and goes, but you can never get time back.
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