Time and Money - The Essential Ingredients?
But what about effort. And what about drive. Then there’s determination. A great idea is essential, too. Surely it is? And don’t forget energy. Energy is everything.
I have a manic brain when it comes to ideas. Most of them are crazy ideas, I suspect. The only real way of knowing whether an idea is good, or crazy, or fantastic, is to follow it through to either success, or to failure.
How many great ideas have been placed into file 13 (the rubbish bin). Rejected for their perceived absurdity. Their lack of clarity. I bet it’s One Hundred Billion-Gazillion. Probably even more….a seven year-old me would have agreed.
Then there are ideas that were kept out of the bin. Seemingly ridiculous ideas, too. Take bottled water as a simple example. Anyone living the life pre-1980’s would have thought you were crackerjack nuts if you told them you were going to sell drinking water in plastic bottles. And here we are. It is a successful idea, but a terrible one, too. (one, two….nice).
My ideas generally appear out of nowhere. Most often while I am driving long distances (while arguing with my inner self). Or mowing the lawns. Or just laying about while my battered body downloads the latest energy update.
I generally work long hours in a physically demanding job. My brain shuts down for long periods due to tiredness. Life is hectic at times and it takes a herculean effort to keep everything on track. Unfortunately, I am not Hercules. So wheels fall off, occasionally.
There are side projects I have been working on for many years. They are (mostly) still in their planning stages due to lack of time. I am hopeful 2026 will see it all getting out of first gear. Bitcoin is at the heart of everything. My intentions are that Bitcoiners will be the end users of the planned services. I’ve liked all of the Bitcoiners I have had the pleasure to meet, so far. There will be anomalies. We will see.
At present I lack time. I am self-employed and have a very long list of client projects to get through. Good money? Probably. But are the sacrifices worth it? My time. My energy. My family time. Time with my kids. Time to think. Time to create. Time to build. I dream all day of building, learning, making. All day, and all night. I dream of being free to make better choices.
I am often mentally tortured while up a ladder, on a roof, carrying out my work, for I’m constantly thinking of other things. Better things. More stimulating things. But I am living in the fiat world and it is not an easy place to live in, and an even harder place to escape from. There are Demons to conquer. So enters the requirement for the marriage of Time and Money (Money = Bitcoin).
Time and money are not much use if you do not have them both at once. It is rare to have them both at once. We have to make do. Use the tools at hand. We have to build. Create. Live. Love. Build Families. Build a life. We have to keep striving. The alternative is not worth thinking about.
If you hit the sweet spot and discover that you have time and money, both at once, then dig deep to find that drive within yourself. Start now. Get building. Winning is the only option. The Demons won’t defeat themselves.
