In this Weekly Ramble, I unpack one of the most game-changing mindset shifts I’ve ever made—learning to treat time like money. Most people know time is more valuable, but our habits, calendars, and lifestyles say otherwise.

I walk through the exact shift that happened after leaving my corporate job, how I restructured my calendar to reflect what matters most, and how I went from being “time bankrupt” to living with intentionality, clarity, and peace. If you’re feeling stretched thin, missing family time, or constantly stuck in the “someday” loop, this episode is for you.

Stop managing your life around your work. Start managing your work around your life. That’s the move.

Key Talking Points of the Episode

00:00 Introduction

01:30 JJ’s Joke of the Week

02:08 Changes in preparing Weekly Ramble episodes

04:31 The things that stretch my time thin

06:49 Time vs Money: what is more important?

08:06 Why habits don’t reflect what we say we value

09:35 The trap of working more “for them” while spending less time with them

11:32 Overtime culture and the regrets that followed

14:40 A decade of putting work before family

19:57 Running at full bandwidth: stress, burnout, and losing your true self

21:06 Why I left my highest-paying role to get my time back

22:30 The calendar shift that changed everything

24:45 Starting the week with a blank slate every week

27:07 Prioritizing movie nights, baseball games, and presence over status

28:02 3 hours of focus > 8 hours of distraction 30:20 Abundance vs Scarcity mindset

32:21 The biggest difference between time and money

35:24 Doom-scrolling and time you’ll never get back 37:05 Why most people operate like they have unlimited time (and don’t)

39:08 Time management exercise: 2-week time audit (track every 30 minutes)

41:41 Time bankruptcy = saying yes to too many things 43:03 What legacy really means and what your kids will remember 45:02 Budget your time like your life depends on it… because it does

Quotables

“You can earn back a dollar. You can’t earn back a minute.”

“I used to fill my calendar with work and squeeze in life. Now I fill it with life and fit in the work.”

“If you’re missing your kid’s game to sit in a meeting that could’ve been an email, you’re not managing your life. You’re outsourcing it.”

Links

608B Capital

https://608bcapital.com