Time Is Money

"Time is money" is a saying that is use to tell us that time is valuable, that time is precious. Of course, we do not take it literally. It is just a perceived value that we give time, using a unit that we all understand and agree is valuable. In this article, however, I will share why we can take the saying "Time is money" literally.

Have you ever been in a situation where you need certain things urgently, and you have to pay money to expedite it? Think express delivery service vs normal delivery service. Think hiring a cab vs taking a bus. Think taking a domestic flight vs taking a long journey train. Think buying a car to cut down travelling time. There are many more other examples. These are acts of buying time, literally.

Some of the jobs out there pay you on an hourly rate. You are being paid according to the amount of time you committed. The employers are buying your time, not so much on your effort. Just to prove the point, we also have jobs that pay you according to the amount of effort put in. Those are what we call commissions, and the employers are buying your effort. This, again, is an act of buying time, literally.

As mankind evolves and improves, we are trying to do and achieve more within a fixed period of time known as our lifespan. When we realise that our time is saturated with our many ambitions and desires, we start to buy time. And when we have buyers, we have sellers. Some people buy time from others to fulfill their ambitions. Some people sell their time to others as part of their ambitions.

Human has never-ending desires, and desires take time to be satisfied. As long as there are desires, there will be people buying and selling time. You just need to make sure you get the most value out of your time, because "Time is money".

-The god has spoken