In this Weekly Ramble, I unpack one of the most game-changing mindset shifts I’ve ever made—learning to treat time like money. Most people know time is more valuable, but our habits, calendars, and lifestyles say otherwise.
I walk through the exact shift that happened after leaving my corporate job, how I restructured my calendar to reflect what matters most, and how I went from being “time bankrupt” to living with intentionality, clarity, and peace. If you’re feeling stretched thin, missing family time, or constantly stuck in the “someday” loop, this episode is for you.
Stop managing your life around your work. Start managing your work around your life. That’s the move.
Key Talking Points of the Episode
00:00 Introduction
01:30 JJ’s Joke of the Week
02:08 Changes in preparing Weekly Ramble episodes
04:31 The things that stretch my time thin
06:49 Time vs Money: what is more important?
08:06 Why habits don’t reflect what we say we value
09:35 The trap of working more “for them” while spending less time with them
11:32 Overtime culture and the regrets that followed
14:40 A decade of putting work before family
19:57 Running at full bandwidth: stress, burnout, and losing your true self
21:06 Why I left my highest-paying role to get my time back
22:30 The calendar shift that changed everything
24:45 Starting the week with a blank slate every week
27:07 Prioritizing movie nights, baseball games, and presence over status
28:02 3 hours of focus > 8 hours of distraction 30:20 Abundance vs Scarcity mindset
32:21 The biggest difference between time and money
35:24 Doom-scrolling and time you’ll never get back 37:05 Why most people operate like they have unlimited time (and don’t)
39:08 Time management exercise: 2-week time audit (track every 30 minutes)
41:41 Time bankruptcy = saying yes to too many things 43:03 What legacy really means and what your kids will remember 45:02 Budget your time like your life depends on it… because it does
Quotables
“You can earn back a dollar. You can’t earn back a minute.”
“I used to fill my calendar with work and squeeze in life. Now I fill it with life and fit in the work.”
“If you’re missing your kid’s game to sit in a meeting that could’ve been an email, you’re not managing your life. You’re outsourcing it.”
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