James Ethington

Polymath. Connecting the Dots.
Building and Living the Transcendent Code.

[James Ethington @TranscendntCode]

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the relationship between money, possessions, obligations, and time.

We tend to think of them as separate things.

I’m increasingly convinced they aren’t.

Debt is a claim on future time.

A possession can be a claim on future time.

A commitment is explicitly a claim on future time.

And money, at its most useful, may simply be a tool that allows us to regain control over that time.

That changes the question from:

“Can I afford this?”

to:

“Is this worth the portion of my future life it will require?”

That doesn’t mean rejecting consumption, possessions, ambition, or responsibility. Many of the best things in life deserve enormous amounts of our time.

The point is to choose those claims consciously.

My latest piece explores that idea and a simple four-step framework:

Inventory. Study. Note. Transcend.

The goal isn’t to eliminate everything that claims your time.

It’s to make sure the things that do are worth it.

https://t.co/J5wGSrtM48

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@TheBrilliantBu1 Cool

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@fahd_iqtidar Thank you!

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I want my sons to see a father who works hard, takes risks, keeps learning, loves deeply, and never stops being excited about life.

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@Btcbarbells You’re an inspiration!

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It's entirely possible to spend twenty years becoming excellent at a career and then realize excellence is no longer a sufficient reason to continue pursuing it.

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@XtremeMotivated Exactly

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@IAmTonyBeing That’s what I’m finding

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@MoneySpeaki I have found this to be true

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Ambition and contentment aren't necessarily opposites.

You can be profoundly grateful for where you are while remaining determined to become something more.

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@VeronicaTeamstr Glad you enjoyed it!

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@ElijahColeman21 Yea. It was petty, sad, frustrating, and confusing as a first time buyer

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@Post40_ 😂 first world problems

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@TheBrilliantBu1 Do you out lights or candles in it?

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@Btcbarbells Same

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Caleb Wilson looks great and was a great draft pick, but the rest of the Bulls don’t seem to be quite playing as one team yet. Here’s to hoping they get things going quickly this season.

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@Ragin_Cajun79 @hmcrem @Gaijin_Markus @goodbreffis @crappiedoc @TapRootsFood Enjoy man!

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@EastEndJoe This was an instant classic and so very accurate

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@HungryVibes2 How in the world you could fit it in your mouth