The Most Precious Resource

While working out today at the gym, I was thinking about something Jacob Thomas says to me quite often: time is the most valuable resource, its the only thing you can't ever get back.

How true this is. The time we spend doing things in our lives will never come back: once it is gone, it is gone. Although apparently obvious, it takes a second to understand the gravity of this concept:

I don't neccessarily think it means that time is "wasted." Everything we do in our lives we do for a reason, so even if the use of time isn't the best, I don't believe it can ever be completely wasted. To that end, I don't believe that doing the dishes, taking a nap, or running on a treadmill, respectively, is a waste of time, but rather our choice, some being more constructive than others.

The important thing is to always attempt to see the bright side of a situation. Use otherwise wasteful time to your advantage, or be happy knowing that once an activity is complete, you will be able to spend remaining time doing what you really want to do.

In the end, I think its important that every action should be as meaningful and positive as possible, to make the most out of the time we have.