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Time…
We never seem to have enough of it, do we?
We make plans. We put things off, expecting the time to be there, and then something happens. We get sick. Work gets in the way. Next thing you know, fifteen years pass by and you sit back and wonder where that time went.
As humans, we have a tendency to prioritize work before everything else. Well… at least I do.
Workaholics. That’s what they call us.
But when you are the sole income of a household, you throw yourself into it. Time becomes money, and if you don’t put in the time, you lose the money. The problem is, the time we spend chasing money creates distance from friends and family. We miss vacations, weddings, birthdays, and sometimes funerals. (I’m not a big funeral person, but that’s a story for another time.) You get the drift.
Why am I writing this?
Honestly, I don’t fully know.
Over the past few months, people I know—and some close to me—have gotten sick. I find myself going back through their profiles, looking at the plans they made, the intentions they had, and realizing that somewhere along the way… life got in the way.
Some things need planning. But visits, vacations, birthdays, dinners, and time with the people we love? We can make time for those.
So where am I going with this?
Maybe nowhere.
Maybe it’s just a rant.
Maybe it’s because time feels like the enemy right now.
All I know is this: make the time. Don’t wait.
You never know what tomorrow will bring.
Here’s the ironic part—with work, I get things done immediately because I don’t know what tomorrow will bring. Maybe we need to approach life the same way.
Maybe I need to.
Don’t take people or moments for granted.
They might not be there tomorrow.
~Sophia