I’ve Got More Money Than Time
Have you ever heard anyone say this?
What do you think it means?
How does it make you feel when you hear it?
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Yes and I’ve come to realize that time can be so scarce. Just think about it, you can always earn more money, you can never earn another hour in the day. Sometimes you have things pulling you from every direction and I used to believe people made time for what they thought was important, but now I don’t quite believe that. You can have the best intentions, but you just do not have time to devote to everything that is pulling at your attention.
yeah and I laugh and tell them to give me some of that money so I can take a load off of them!!! LOL
I understand the significance.. are you telling me that now? You need for me to take some of your money Gina??? LOL
Money isn’t nearly as valuable as time. You can always make more money but you only have limited time. I feel sorry for people who say this, and it makes me sad.
When I hear someone say that, it usually seems they aren’t nearly as wealthy or important (time) as they want you to believe they are.
I like Christy’s comment :)
It depends on the situation…
If it’s a single person, then more power to them! Hustle and make $$, yo!
If you’ve got a family, or friends you want to stay connected to, then you need to revisit your list of priorities!
I agree with Michelle. If you don’t have urgent priorities – family, etc – then MAKE THAT PAPER!
On the other hand, people devalue time spent with loved ones over money and success. One day they look back and realize they have all the money to live out their dreams, but no time or loved ones to enjoy it with.
Also we should value our time more wisely. Think about the extra projects we take on at work or in the community. Lastly we should take time for ourselves. We work hard at home and work and often let ourselves slide.
Thanks for the thought of the day!
I think it means that if you(a person) come to someone needing help of any kind, if it’s monetary help, they got you. If it’s their time that’s needed, maybe to help w/ a problem or situation, or to listen or whatnot, they can’t really give you that.
In the past, it’s made me feel slighted at times, but I do understand that people are busy. As my career starts to take off, I even find that I’m not starting to have “time”.
I say this all the time, so do my co-workers. I don’t even think much about it because it very much describes my life.
I didn’t think of it as a statement on priorities, but I guess it is. But you don’t say it in the context of your neice’s soccer game, where money won’t apply. You say it for things you can pay someone to do: food, cleaning, oil changes, yard, etc. It’s smart to outsource those things when you have a high-pay, high-hour job like mine.
Could it just mean that someone is broke and overworked, and actually feels like they have very little of either time or money? If I said this, it would be ironic or sarcastic, just after I was asked to stay late at work (again!) or volunteer (again!). “Hey, I’d be happy to help but I’m so busy these days – I’ve even got more MONEY than time!”
I feel the opposite of this all the time. I want to take an international trip and I’ve got tons of vacation time but no extra money!!
Not sure what that means, but I guess if you have a great paying job and make alot an hour it is more worth it to pay someone to do jobs for you (like housecleaning) than to do them yourself. Me, I have neither too much time or money. As I run an in home daycare, work 60 hours a week and still barely get by. But it is so worth the sacrifice of always being with my kids. Unfortionately I have to do all my jobs myself. But I would love the problem of too MUCH money! lol!
Thanks for your blog, I really enjoy it!
If a man says that to me regarding our relationship, I’d smack him.
But if it’s any other individual commenting about hiring a gardener, a housekeeper, etc. or donating money instead of doing volunteer work, I’d take it at face value. They are pressed for time, and would rather pay someone to do X or they can write a check but can’t commit to whatever activity for charity.
I’ve said that before. I had a job making fairly decent money but worked ALL.THE.TIME.
I rarely had any free time to enjoy it and when I had days off all I wanted to do was sleep.
I don’t think it has anything to do with a person being rich, wealthy or having an abundance of money.
cost of the opportunity I guess, sometimes I feel my time is more important and some times my money…
I can justify my time being important by saying, I am missing on my life because I am doing this, might as well spend some money and not do it.
and I can justify my money being more important by saying, I need financial security, and the more money I have the more secure I am therefore I need to keep my money, and may be waste my time.
It’s me doing laundry : sometimes I give it to wash and fold, pay as twice and save myself 2 hours of weekend time, and sometimes I waste the 2 hour weekend time and do it myself and keep my 10 bucks in my pocket….
I heard the opposite where I come from. ! :)
I haven’t heard this one, but it seems to be the reality at our house, so we wind up outsourcing things, like lawn maintenance, which means we wind up with less money, but not any more time.
I also hear this one more: “There is more month than money”
Yes. I think it means they are lazy and want to pay someone else to do their grunt work. Well, I only think that if I’m feeling judgy. :)
Sometimes it does make sense to pay someone to do something for you, but in most cases, you aren’t actually using the time saved to make extra money, you are using the time saved to relax or get something else done. Which is fine, but this phrase annoys me. If you save $50 by cleaning your own house, you could (in theory) invest that and retire eariler, thus gaining more time. I think I’m stretching the concept though. :)
I have been known to say this. Usually, I will say, “At this point in my life, I have more money than time.”
When I say it, I mean that I have reached a point in my life where there are certain things I can choose to outsource, either because other things are more important to me personally or because I just don’t want to do them and have the money to cover the expense.
When someone says this to me, it doesn’t bother me but maybe that is because I know what the person means by it or I assume they mean that same thing that I do when I say it.
I realized at a point in my career that I had a choice in life: money or time. It seems rare to have both :(
I agree with others that outsourcing things, like cleaning, can buy you some time. Then again, if you’re healthy and your daughter is mostly grown, then this is the time to work and save/invest so you can have tonnes of time later! :)
I’ve never heard this before in my life.
What does it mean?
It means it’s time to hire a maid service, gardener or other domestic help. Get rid of the things that you can pay someone else to do so you can spend more time doing things that are important to you.
However, that only works if you actually have more money than time and your “hourly rate” is much higher than the people you are hiring. Don’t be irresponsible.
It means you’ve got it. You’re in. You can delegate the small stuff and enjoy the big stuff.
I guess it’s when your passive income either equals or surpasses your expenses.
I’ve heard the saying, however I’ve personally never heard anyone say it. I don’t know the “more money then time” folks. LOL.
Unless it’s being used in the context of paying someone else to do something to get oneself some more “time,” I think it’s a pretty ridiculous thing to say and certainly not something of which to be proud.
More and more, I sense that I’m supposed to respect people who put in 12 hour days or something and then can blow through cash or talk about their job/cash all the time. More and more, the thought in my head is “How very sad.” It’s like we’re now supposed to be impressed by how overworked everyone is.
I’m reminded of stuff like this whenever someone dies, young or old. Not once have I wished a loved one had spent less time with me and more on their net worth.