"People are frugal in guarding their personal property; but as soon as it comes to squandering time they are most wasteful of the one thing in which it is right to be stingy." —Seneca
Discussion
Back in my day, people knew the value of a dollar—and a minute. Seneca’s quip about frugality with property versus recklessness with time isn’t just ancient wisdom; it’s a mirror held up to today’s chaos. Kids these days hoard their cash like it’s gold, yet they’ll waste hours scrolling through nonsense, trading away their most finite resource for digital dopamine. Where’s the logic? If you’d guard your wallet like a dragon, why let your time be stolen by TikTok and Twitter?
The research snippets back this up—Seneca’s words are real, but the problem’s worse now. We’ve turned time into a commodity to be squandered, not cherished. Ever notice how people complain about “not having enough time” while binge-watching shows they’ll never rewatch? It’s absurd. Back in my day, we had to *earn* leisure. Now, it’s handed to you in 15-second clips.
Seneca’s right: time is the one thing we should guard like a vault. But modern life? It’s a free-for-all. If you’re not careful, you’ll wake up old and realize you’ve been spending your life on things that don’t matter.
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