TEMPUS FUGIT – OUR CONSTANT

The author, Tim Urban (really?) continues to use and develop his basic visual tool to explore other ideas, but these all stem from the same basic idea of measuring life in different types of units, rather than perhaps monetary ones. A good financial planner will have discussed this notion to some extent with you – trying to help you appreciate that life is short and you may not get to do all the things you say you would like to do because time runs out. This is fundamental to any good financial plan in terms of knowing how much is enough. I’m not meaning “just enough” but enough.

The graphic shows a human life to age 90. For many humans, this will be longer than they actually live, for some it will not be nearly long enough. Tim spends time reflecting on things he does with his time and then tries to estimate how much he has done and how much he has left. It helps him to focus on what is important to him.

I wonder what you think? Its easy to get started with your own life in weeks, but its also rather daunting when you see how much time remains… hopefully. So I’m likely to adapt this idea to help you think about what’s actually important in your life and what you definitely don’t want to run out of time for. Anyway, the place to start is where you are now… and then cross out everything before or mark it as completed…. I’m available to discuss.

Dominic Thomas
Solomons IFA

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