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Time is the only resource you cannot get back.

30
Your life in years38% of 80 years
0
Lived
Remaining
80 (avg lifespan)
30
years gone
50
years remain

If you start today and maintain this for 10 years:

1,275hours

0.6 full-time years of focused work

Enough for

  • professional competence in a craft
  • 225 more hours to: an associate degree worth of study
If you had started at...
Age 18(12 years ago)1,972 hrs
Age 25(5 years ago)698 hrs

You cannot go back. But today is the youngest you will ever be again.

Cost of waiting
Delay 1 year
128 hrs(10% lost)
Delay 2 years
255 hrs(20% lost)
Delay 5 years
638 hrs(50% lost)

Every day you wait is a day you can never recover.

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The best time to start was years ago.

The second best time is now.