Today is September 10 and the Navigate the Chaos question to consider is “What do you value more: time or money?”
People who navigate the chaos maintain the self-awareness needed to truly understand the value of both time and money.
They realize that balancing both requires a lifetime of effort, focus, and adjustment. Deciding between time or money requires a high level of self-awareness as one needs to constantly reassess their priorities.
In a New York Times article authors Hal E. Hershfield and Cassie Mogilner Holmes challenged readers to answer the question: what do you value more - time or money? As Hershfield and Holmes stated "In our pursuit of happiness, we are constantly faced with decisions both big and small that force us to pit time against money. Of course, sometimes it’s not a choice at all: We must earn that extra pay to make ends meet. But when it is a choice, the likelihood of choosing more time over more money — despite the widespread tendency to do the opposite — is a good sign you’ll enjoy the happiness you seek."
The research suggests that choosing more time over money is a good sign you will enjoy the happiness you seek. Do you feel as though that is true? What do you value more: time or money?
As Johann Wolfgang von Goethe noted “Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.” People who navigate the chaos take care of their time and money; and often place time over money. Do you?