Time is the only form of capital we can never earn back - once it's spent, it's gone Over the past few years, one sentence has come up again and again: "I don't have enough time." People say it about work. About family. About friendships they keep meaning to return to. About exercise, rest, reading and even sleep. Once it's said, the conversation tends to drift on, as if something has just been acknowledged and filed away.
2000-2003: The next Harry Potter book didn't come out for three years. 2022: Right after he was born, my son decided he would never sit in a stroller or a car seat. What is something you had to learn the hard way? Life doesn't pause for anyone. In the past few years, I've started three companies, moved homes and had two babies. There's no perfect moment, just a lot of juggling.
"We work so hard for something that is so fleeting. The feeling of winning-it just doesn't last that long. When I sit back at the end of the year and reflect on things, I have a deep sense of gratitude, but it just doesn't satisfy."