Put Your Time & Money Where Your Heart Is

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I’ll jump right to the point here.  Put your money where your mouth/heart is. Don’t say that family and friends are what you value if you’re spending your time and money on things.  The excuses “I don’t have time” or “I don’t have money” roll off our tongues all too easily when we’ve chosen to spend our time and money elsewhere.  Be honest with yourself and others about what you’re choosing to invest your time and money in.

The Christmas season tends to turn us all into shopaholics that are too busy to make time for cooking dinner, much less eating it with the family.  We’re all too busy trying to impress our “friends” and neighbors by purchasing things instead of spending time with our friends and family. I could buy every toy in the store, but my kids really just want to spend time with me.

If things are what you feel are important, then by all means continue to spend your time buying and caring for things.  But if people are more important, it’s time to take a step back from the consumer lifestyle.  Reduce the amount of stuff you’re bringing into your home and are spending precious time caring for.  Funnel that time and money into the people you care for.  Play a game with your kids, visit your elderly family members, or visit a friend for coffee and a chat.  It only takes 5 minutes of your day to call someone up and let them know you’re thinking about them.  You’ll find much more fulfillment in your life than you ever did by playing the game of keeping up with the Jones’.

Personally those two smiles above are far more important to me and it’s high time I start spending more time with them than with my computer!

 

Comments

  1. Great point! I read somewhere that instead of saying “I don’t have time (money, whatever)” try saying “it isn’t a priority”. Much harder to say and makes you think twice. But you are exactly right.

    • Love it! My biggest guilt with the kids is telling them I don’t have time to play, when in fact I played on the computer or watched TV for hours the night before instead of getting my work done. Definitely time for me to make a change.

  2. Anonymous says:

    love this post. we made the decision last year and carried it to this year to stop “doing” so much for Christmas. we made simpler dishes, baked for the neighbors(elderly and one family with a dad with terminal cancer – and bought supplies for their dog). we sat down more and talked more to cousins,in laws. we bought less and decorated less. and to tell the truth, we had a wonderful Christmas. we watched more movies together, ate more popcorn than i think legally allowed, lol. thanks again for this post, it is time to really think about what is important.

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