Time equals Money. But Money does not equal Time.

Some say that not doing that job or taking that opportunity has cost them money.

I say it has gained me time to spend on things that are important to me and my goals.

I learnt early on during my degree that it is really important to think about time being our greatest commodity…not money.

You then see things as opportunity cost, rather than a financial cost.

I have had job offers that would pay me more. Or opportunities to tour as a singer that would’ve given me the experience I wanted at the time. BUT. I am thankful that I caught the vision early.

It is imperative to identify what is important to you in any given moment. We cannot have it all. To me that is a ‘false economy’.

Once we can identify what we want. What our goals are, and what we want to develop or invest our time in. We will quantify the true cost of everything we do.

Let me give you an example.

A pharmacy calls me and says they will pay me £500 for an hour of my time in order for them to legally open their doors for patients. In the UK at present if a store is registered as a pharmacy, a pharmacist must be onsite to legally supervise the sale of medication and the distribution of prescription medication.

At the same time that I am needed, my son is performing in his first school play.

To me the opportinity cost of that one hour in the pharmacy is not the £500 fee. If I accept it, it will cost me my presence at my son’s play.

To another person, their presence at their son’s play will cost them the £500 they could have earnt.

I challenge you to begin to accurately quantify your time. If you do not, you will end up doing things for other people and not know why you are feeling unfulfilled.

Becoming a mum has changed me overnight. I am very clear about my priorities and I am very polite at saying no.

No one else puts our children first. To some degree, we are all they have.

As a single, I was very driven by my passions, I turned down well paid pharmacy jobs to travel the world as a singer. I’m glad I did. Would be a very different experience with the kids in tow 😂👀

Before our babies arrived, I could already drive, I already owned a property and I had advanced in my career and shared stages with incredibly talented and high profile musicians. My husband and I always made a point to put time aside and travel together on our anniversary. That is time that will never return.

𝙔𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙘𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙯𝙚

Some experiences will never come round again, money we can earn again…time we cannot.