{"id":2858,"date":"2017-04-01T19:37:27","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T19:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/risky.tv\/?p=2858"},"modified":"2017-03-28T19:48:58","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T19:48:58","slug":"time-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/risky.tv\/time-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"The Two Most Precious Resources On The Planet"},"content":{"rendered":"
In the movie In Time<\/em> (above) time is used as currency. There\u2019s a scene where Justin Timberlake\u2019s main character is asked what he\u2019d do if he had more of it than he could ever spend.<\/p>\n His answer?<\/p>\n \u201cI sure as hell wouldn\u2019t waste\u00a0it.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n For most of us, why we\u2019re trying to save or invest our money rarely comes up day to day, and if it does, we shoot back the standard material-items-checklist from the Joneses:<\/p>\n \u2026and oh, yeah, right, the kids. They\u2019re supposed to go to college. \u201cYou know, the usual stuff.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n But\u2026why? Why? Why?<\/em><\/p>\n Money does buy a lot of material belongings, but you can also trade it for the most intangible, scarcest resources on the planet: time and freedom<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cLook at me, I\u2019m free to make this decision.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Isn\u2019t that<\/em> the statement a new BMW really<\/em> makes? Given you\u2019re happy with a modest lifestyle, $1-$2 million at a 4% interest rate is more than enough<\/strong>.<\/p>\n You could take your clock and do what Will said:<\/p>\n “Stop watching it. You have all that time. Don\u2019t waste\u00a0it<\/em>.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n If you can figure out why saving and investing now<\/em> is important to you, it\u2019ll be a lot easier to stop putting it off.<\/p>\n This is an excerpt from the post, Investing For Millennials: A How-To Guide From One Of Your Own<\/a>, which first appeared on Medium.com<\/p>\n Editor’s Note<\/strong><\/em>: For a very informative 11-minute video about how select people use one key factor to gain more Time and Freedom in their life, click here…<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the movie In Time (above) time is used as currency. There\u2019s a scene where Justin Timberlake\u2019s main character is asked what he\u2019d do if he had more of it than he could ever spend. His answer? \u201cI sure as hell wouldn\u2019t waste\u00a0it.\u201d For most of us, why we\u2019re trying […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[599],"class_list":["post-2858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investing-trading","tag-time-freedom"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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