VALUE OF TIME

So, I'm leaving work today. The building I was at is exactly 1 mile from my house. It makes for a nice commute, but crappy for listening to music.

Anyway, I was walking out of the building with another Air Force Major. She was headed home, too. Her house was 100 miles from our work parking lot. Yes, that's right, 100 miles. I've never been so thankful for my commute as I was today when I saw her headed to her car and thought, "her commute is 100 times longer than mine" without the slightest of exaggeration.

It got me to thinking about the VALUE OF TIME. Time is probably our most precious commodity. We can always make more money, buy more things, make new friends/relationships. But we can never make more time.

So, it really comes down to how we want to spend our time. Do we spend it teaching our kids multiplication, or drinking beer with our buddies, or surfing internet porn, or going to the gym, or talking with friends? I guess it's a way to gauge peoples' personalities - look how they spend their time.

It's also a way to see if people truly care about you. Are they willing to spend some of their precious time for you?

My co-worker spends about 4 hours a day in her car (sometimes more depending on the state of the 405). That's an interesting way to spend time, to say the least.