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Important Life Lessons You Learn When Valuing Time Over Money

Discovering self-fulfillment through personal growth will just be the start of your journey

Alex Ghaznawi
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7 min readMar 16, 2021
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When I was 16 years old, I had a paper route, and every time I would pick up my paycheck, I would think to myself, “It would be nice if I made more money.”

That rhetoric would end up consuming my thoughts throughout my 20s.

Fast forward a few years, and I had landed a job with a company handling online disputes and claims that customers would file. My pay had increased significantly, but my mindset was the same — “If only I made more.”

As my career progressed, my pay increased, and at one point, I was making over $100,000 with relative ease, but my desire to earn more was more evident than ever.

Through this journey, I focused on career progression and acquiring skills to earn more, which caused me to lose friends, my relationships withered away, I lost touch with my family, and I lost the most valuable commodity of all — time.

What changed my mindset?

You can always work more or acquire a new skill to go up a pay grade, but you can’t do anything to gain more time — every second, minute, hour, and day that passes is irreplaceable.

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Be Unique
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Published in Be Unique

Home to philosophical ideas & creative minds. A publication on bringing change.

Alex Ghaznawi
Alex Ghaznawi

Written by Alex Ghaznawi

Attempting to solve the who, what, when, how of the universe. Contact: alexghaznawi@gmail.com

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