I Used to Be Impressed by People Who Had a Lot of Money — But Now I’m Impressed by People Who Have a Lot of Free Time
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I Used to Be Impressed by People Who Had a Lot of Money — But Now I’m Impressed by People Who Have a Lot of Free Time
“In a situation where every waking moment has become the time in which we make our living,” Odell notes, “and when we submit even our leisure for numerical evaluation via likes on Facebook and Instagram, constantly checking on its performance like one checks a stock, time becomes an economic resource that we can no longer justify spending on ‘nothi
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New Status Symbols
• Sabbaticals
• Long attention spans
• Quality time with kids
• Valuing time over money
• Slow and calm lifestyle
• Meeting-free calendar
• Having “enough”
• Financial freedom
• Enjoying what you do
• Biological age younger than your real age
Monetary wealth will always have value, but more and more we’re valuing time as a precious commodity, and the ability to delegate tasks and conserve time is gaining significance as a sign of status.