Time

This is the #1 most important thing in my life.  I never realized how important time is but I'm guessing many of us don't.  I also think that we all get to the realization but for some it's often too late.  I've spent most of my adult life chasing things I thought were more important than time.  Money being at the top of the list becuase I really didn't have much of it.  I chased prestige and titles at the expense of time with my family.  I thought that in order to be happy I needed to have more money and more "stuff".  How very very wrong I was.  What I needed was to find a balance between money and time spent on the things that truly matter.  

For many years I made decions based on chasing that "wealth goal" because when you don't have much of it you think this will solve your problems and deliver happiness.  It also doesn't help growing up and living in a society that preaches consumerism and wealth.  Chasing money and wealth consumed me for a good portion of my life.

Not anymore and not for the past few years.  I've come to realize that time is the most valuable thing in my life.  I have absolutley no idea how much more of it I have in front of me.  What good is all of the money in the world if I sacrificed time to get it?  What will I have lost?  What I enjoy the most is the time with my family, my wife, my children and being able to have the flexability to do the things that make me happy with them.  I wouldn't trade my current career for 10X the salary if it meant that I'd have to give up what I have right now.  Remember the old saying "careful what you wish for?", it's true.  There are times when opportunities are presented to me that make me take a step back.  At these moments in my life I really think and weigh the opportunity against my current situation.  I'm extra careful to weigh the pros and the cons and I make decisons based on what's most important to me and not for my ego.  And that's time.  

Mr. Ian Repay