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Money and Time
Most people always complain that they don't have enough money. However, sociologists have found that after people become wealthy they will complain that they don't have enough time. As is evidenced by many an example, the more money a person has, the less time he will have, while the poor and the unemployed are bored having nothing to do each day.
In pursuit of wealth, people aim for a better life. But strangely enough once they get rich, they tend to be even busier, making it impossible for them to live in ease and comfort.
At the time when they were not well off, many people dreamed that they could do this and do that after they acquired enough money. In their minds, "money" means freedom, independence and gratification of desire—in summer they can go vacationing on the beach, and in winter they can go skiing in the mountains.
However, when they are really prosperous, they realize that it is impossible for them to fulfill such dreams. The reason they give is always one and the same: "I've got no time!" Many high-salaried professionals like lawyers, doctors, managers and accountants are almost all workaholics. They work 10 to 12 hours a day on the average and will go to work even at weekends and on holidays. In their life there is nothing but work. To them time is money, and they consciously or unconsciously spend all their time making money, leaving no time for anything else.
It seems that it is impossible to have money and have leisure at the same time. One can never earn enough money, and the time in one's life is limited. No wonder some people say: "When you're young and without money, you wish to exchange time for money; by the time you have enough money, you can hardly buy time back with money." A person cannot do without money, but he should value his time all the more. A wise person is one who knows how to handle the relationship between time and money.