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by brey 3504 days ago
There is only one currency: time.

You can trade this for everything else - the exchange rate is up to you.

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This is one of my "aha" moments as well. I was working on a development project for free. I hated it even though I had interest in the project itself. I didn't realize until a long time after that I felt as though my work had no value. I communicated this and suddenly I was making $75/hr.

My takeaway was: Everyone's time is worth something.

I'd add to that that everything, all the things you can consider are passing. The amount and specific shapes of that passing are where your mind dwells and wonders away unless you pull it back.
Welp, existential crisis for the rest of the day now.