A Simple Thought

The other day my son Cooper got $50 from different relatives and all he wanted to do was spend it on games as soon as possible. I told him time after time, that I am not sure that was a good way to spend his money. I am trying to teach him about being smart with how he spends his money.

So then today I am listening to an interview that a well known pastor who speaks at many national conferences. Someone asked him the question about how he chooses which conferences to speak at and which ones not to. In his answer he said, "that is just not something I want to spend my life on.

Ten minutes later, I got up and went into the bathroom with a good book. I read the book for a few minutes and then took a long hot shower. I told Jen as I walked to the bathroom that this was a great way to spend 20 minutes.

While in that shower I started to think about the word spend. I started thinking about how I think about how we are going to spend our money and about how we want to wise with the resource of money and not blow it on stupid stuff. I was thinking about the lessons I am trying to teach Cooper.

But I absolutely do not have the careful consideration and budgeting efforts on my time. Time is a resource just like money is a resource.