What would you do with 86,400 seconds?

So I was browsing through Facebook on Wednesday when I came across a post from Lou Scatigna of AFM Investments who hosts the weekly financial show Financial Physician on News Talk Radio WOBM 1160 and 1310 AM. Lou wrote about something he stumbled on and it goes like this although there are other versions which I have weaved into this one.

Imagine you have won a prize in which each morning your bank account would be credited with $86,400 for you to use. However anything you did not spend each day would be taken and you could not transfer the money to any other accounts. So no matter what you would start each day with $86,400. However the bank could end the game at any time and close your account for good.

So what would you do? You would buy anything and everything you wanted personally and also for those you love and care about. You would likely even spend it on others you did not know because at some point you would run out of things to spend your daily amount on. The bottom line is you would do your best to get rid of the $86,400 each day because you knew the next day it started all over again.

Of course this is simply a game….or is it? Each day we do receive 86,400 not in dollars but seconds which is the gift of life. There is no balance; no overdraft. Whatever we did not use during that day is lost. Yesterday is forever gone and there is no drawing against “tomorrow.” Each morning our account is refilled with 86,400 seconds but the bank can dissolve your account at any time without warning. So now the real question is what will you do with your time?
Enjoy every second of your life because time races by so much quicker than you think. The clock is running, make the most of today!

To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade.
To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who have given birth to a premature baby.
To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask the person who just missed a train.
To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask someone who just avoided an accident.
To realize the value of ONE MILLISECOND, ask the person who won a silver medal at the Olympics.

Don’t complain about growing old; some people don’t get the privilege.

Thanks for reminding me Lou!