You can control your spending, where to eat, your next vacation, what car to drive, or where to live but there’s one thing you can’t control. That is TIME! You can’t slow time. You can’t fast forward time. Seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, and decades will come and go just like that. What you can control is how you spend the time that you have to benefit you and others because the one finite resource you can’t control is time! 

It’s unbelievable that I’ve lived on this earth for more than a half century. I remember constantly saying to myself that “time flies” when I hit 20, 30, 40, and 50 years of age. When I was 20, the thought of 30 felt so far away. Same for 40 when I was 30 and so on.  

Life comes with many challenges, opportunities, risks, successes, hardships, downfalls, regrets, and celebrations. Many years from now, would you rather reflect on how you faced challenges head on, capitalized on opportunities, bounced back from low moments, and overcame hardships or would you rather reflect on the “what if”, “only if”, or just regrets from not taking any action? We have one life to live and you can’t rewind it so every second, moment, decision, and action counts.  

If you are wanting to reach financial independence, retire early, rise up the career ladder, open a business, switch careers, travel the world, or any other goal, you have limited time to achieve it. What does this mean for you? Whatever goal you want to achieve, you need to constantly work towards it. If you don’t, there is almost zero chance you’ll get there.  

Financial independence is my goal that I’ve worked towards for many years! Investing, saving, real estate, career changes with higher salaries, spending money wisely, finding rebates, looking for the lowest price, and travel hacking have all contributed towards me meeting my goal.

You aren’t able to control time but you can use time to build your wealth. Your money works for you over time. As you continue to invest your money, over time it will increase and compound over your years. The earlier you invest the longer your money has to compound and grow. You may start with $20 but if you consistently add to it and invest it, it’ll grow to $100, $1,000, $10,000, $100,000, and eventually $1,000,000!  

I’m taking a huge risk by retiring early before any benefits kick in. What I did do though is I planned, researched, communicated, and executed all the things I thought were necessary for me to retire early and still support my family. My situation is unique and not the same as yours so go through the same process to identify your steps so that you can execute with enough time because time isn’t slowing down.  

Don’t waste the precious time you have. Use your time wisely because it’s the one finite resource you can’t control. We can’t get back time so make the most of the time that you have in making it the most fulfilling life. If you are interested in following my journey, email subscribe here to get alerts of latest posts or follow me on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.