Benjamin Franklin knew the value of time—not in theory, but in practice. At just 20 years old, he wrote a personal plan for self-improvement, outlining how he would spend each hour of his day. He woke before sunrise, asked himself, “What good shall I do today?” and worked with relentless focus. He understood something most people ignore: time wasted is never recovered. There are no refunds, no second chances.

We treat time like an endless resource, but Franklin saw it as a currency more valuable than money. Lose a dollar? You can earn it back. Lose an hour? It’s gone forever. Imagine how different your life would be if you tracked your time the way you track your bank account—if you stopped "spending" it on meaningless distractions and started investing it in things that truly matter.

Franklin didn’t just preach this idea—he lived it. He became a scientist, an inventor, a writer, a diplomat, and a Founding Father, all because he mastered the art of not wasting time. If a man with no formal education could shape history with just 24 hours a day, what excuse do we have?

Stop acting like you’ll live forever. Start treating your time like the precious, non-renewable resource it is. Because once it’s gone, it’s gone.

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