Time or Money?

Money.

The food on your table -- money.

The roof over your head -- money.

That visit to the doctor that catches your cancer early -- money.

The safe neighborhood you live in -- money.

The clean water you drink -- money.

The time spent with your kids, and not spent working 2 or 3 jobs -- money.

Money doesn't just buy things; in the real world, it sustains life and yes, buys time.

For the billions of people living in poverty worldwide and for the poor families (disproportionately women and children) living right here in the US who go from shelter to shelter or live with unhealthy relatives or stay with an abusive partner because they don't know how they will survive financially on their own to the person dying from a treatable illness because they don't have health insurance to the parents working for minimum wage in unsafe hard labor jobs for 70 hours a week to the kid shot while sitting on her porch because her family can't afford a safer neighborhood to the hungry, malnourished senior... yes, money matters.

So, please give me money so I can buy just enough peace and with that, time, to spend raising and loving my daughter.

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I would chose money only because money brings time. Most folks lose all their time while trying to earn money. :)

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Well, I'd guess I'd have to say money. Since I've already got all the good stuff money can't buy!

Also, time is very relative. Seems like as a society we are so obsessed with the LENGTH of time we're alive, we do not see we are missing the QUALITY of time in a lifespan!

:)

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Money - it buys time.

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"Anyone who says money can't buy happiness simply doesn't know where to shop." Mrs. Thurston Howel III
A big lottery win right now would pay off the mortgage and that would be all it would take to get us debt free once again.
A lottery win big enough where I wouldn't have to work anymore would give me all the time I'd like to do or go anywhere I want.
Our retirement would be secure and our son could go to college where ever he wanted to go and would emerge debt free.

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Time.

If you have enough time you can always make more money, but all the money in the world won't buy you more time.

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Funny, I would have always picked time. But in this moment, I would pick money. Then I could better enjoy the time I have. And I wouldn't be as stressed out as I am which would probably add a few years to my life = time.

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More money. I already make the most of my time and would like more money to enjoy my time even more!

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Money!!!

With more money, I shall hire a maid, which will create time.

Unless, of course, you're talking immortality. I'd take broke and immortal for me'self and me loved ones in a NY minute. Or dying tomorrow, vs dying in decades. I'll take broke decades over a billion dollars today.

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Ideally, I would like to be in a situation where my money works for me instead of the other way around.

Given my present situation, I would choose time. Since I already stay home, that would equate to my hubby working less. By no means is my family wealthy by general standards but I feel like we have more than enough. So I choose time.

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TIME!! there will always be the need for more money for something but mostly we get along just fine...however, there is never enough time in the day to spend with my children & getting everything else done & actually getting a little sleep at night. I would take more time to have with my family because we can never get this time back once its gone its gone

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We own and run our own company.

My time = money

If I had to pick, probably more time so I would be able to use the time wisely and make even more money.

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I thought I heard from an old saying that they were the same thing... :)

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Time. Money just buys the ability to pay someone else to do stuff. Time buys the ability to experience it for myself. I want to experience my life, not outsource it.

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TIME. When I die, I'll wish I'd had more. Even now, I wish I had more - the days go too fast, the kids grow too fast...

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Time. Money buys things. It does not buy love, happiness, experiences, or quality time spent with your family & friends.

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Time. Money comes and goes (usually goes faster than it comes), but you can't just get more time. I love the time I get with my children and my husband and my family. It never feels like there is enough, there are stories that haven't been shared, lessons that haven't been taught, issues unresolved. Most of those require more time. Not to mention More Money usually requires more time away from everyone that you love, and the less you have to share with those who are important to you.

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Great question. It would have to be more time. I homeschool, so my day is completely full of school work, cooking, cleaning, ect. I've tried to start businesses at my home, and had a great start, but quickly realized that I didn't have enough time to work it. So, for me, If I had more time, not only could I spend more time WITH my kids, rather than them just seeing me clean, But I could make more money.

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Love is a four letter word....spelled T-I-M-E.

We spend time on what matters most to us. And I wish to spend more love/time with those I love and care about the most.

Money can not fill your soul up like the wonderful times being with those you love.

You didn't mention what YOU would choose.

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Money, so I could quit my job and have more time to start my writing career! :)