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People are frugal in guarding their personal property; but as soon as it comes to squandering time, they are lavish.
Seneca · On the Shortness of Life · paraphrase
What it means today

We account for money carefully and waste hours recklessly. The asymmetry is absurd, because time is the only resource that, once spent, cannot be replenished.

Try this todayAudit one hour of your day and notice how much of it was actually spent versus merely passed.
Today’s questionHow much time did I give away today that I would not have given away if it had been money?
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