Wealth is using money to buy time

We always link money with wealth.

However, wealth is not about having money, or accumulating money.

Wealth is about using the money you have to buy time.

There is no use having cash in the bank, and you have no time for yourself, your family and friends.

Even when you are working 14 hours a day, you do feel guilty about not watching your children grow up.

Is that the kind of life you want?

For the short while, maybe.  You do need money to pay off the mortgage, and save for the educational needs of your kids.

However, in the long term, working such hours defeat the whole purpose of having a family.

Your children will not even know how you look like.  They are asleep when you leave for work.  They have slept when you reach home.

That is why wealth is about using money to buy time.

When you have enough money for survival, and a sum of money in the bank for emergency needs, you can use your money to buy memories with your family.

That is why rich people use their money to travel by air, even though they can drive.  They do not save money by traveling first class, but they save time.

They know that money comes and goes, but time does not come and go.

Once a minute is gone, it is gone forever.

They spend more time in the golf course, and less time in the office.

They have time for their children.  They have time to celebrate the birthdays of their kids.

That is the true meaning of wealth.

Even if you are not as rich, you can have the same experience.

Even if you have no children, you have friends, parents, and siblings.

The time spent with your friends and family brings happiness.

The time spent in the office beyond the normal working hours leads to burnout.

There is not much things in life that is fair, but time is one of these.

Regardless of how rich or how poor you are, everyone has just 24 hours a day.  Everyone will die one day.

Everyone has someone who cares about them and loves them for who they are.

Time is so precious.  Using money to buy time, and using time to create memories is the best use of time.

We all treasure certain moments in life that are shared by someone whom we loved.  When we have more of such memories, we feel wealthy.

Just remember that wealth is using money to buy time, and memories.