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Originally posted by Candy
I know. But I'm not that close to them. They dodnt respect me.- And my time is not worth spending with them in afigh. it is worth a good conversation with them. i like spending time with them when they are nice to me...

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Originally posted by mdacre
Wow, I can't believe I stumbled upon this forum by doing a search for What is my time worth?

Everyone has so many great thoughts. I must say, as I was reading through I was somewhat shocked to hear the age and realized I am an old man in contrast, at 38!

Your words about spending time with your parents and then moving out and missing them.. so true.. and when you are with them, you need to find space.

I have, without starting a book here, found myself trying to figure out this and just what is "the meaning of life". Since I have been married, then divorced and now quite happily in love, happy but by no means comfortable with my financial picture, but this is because I work for myself now, as a consultant.. computers mostly, but I like to think more of 'common sense' when it comes to "business" consulting.

After all, there is no sure thing, although Bill Gates has done ok, to life, business, or your own future. Listening to how your plans sound wise, to have money in the bank and be comfortable so that you can afford to get married, have children, watch them grow old and leave home, yourself retire and live a great life. In theory that sounds great, while others may say to spend it as you get it and live for the moment is the way to go. I can say I have done both. Infact to sum it up, I was at the lowest I could imagine myself in my life at one point, about one phone call away from being a homeless person. Why? Becuase of my ex-wife in most part, but I can't blame her for everything, afterall it takes two, a legal system and the inability to make money in time to make a difference. This is where having money in the bank would really become a benefit so it become sort of a vicious circle.. you have to spend money to make money... but the key is to not spend too much money in the process.

As a computer consultant/technician, I find myself spending more and more time with computers and less time with people. This is something that I do not mind, however that is becuase I am trying to make the most of the time I do spend when I am with people. Quality of life is important but to have a balance in life is even more important. Yes, it is true that you can never have too much of a good thing, but even when you do have an abundance of one thing, you will always be looking for something else. It is only human to be curious and to always want to consume and grow and learn.

As I sit through reading these posts I realize that I do not have much time as I am having to "go to work" which means visit with clients and return computers that I have been working on from my bench. This means that I am basically always working. So when reading this, my mind became fixated on it and until I could read everything , I knew I couldn't do anything else until I could atleast comment. But now I am late and will continue this later.. I have so many "ideas" that I have wanted to share with people that would be interested in listening and am quite hopful that the people reading this thread may be interested in commenting on some things I have to say as my thoughts.