Time Millionaire-Who Wants To Be One?
The Elixir · Global Nautical Field Note
The “New Rich” Are the Time Affluent
A global nautical journey through time, culture, freedom, and the radical idea that the richest life is the one you have time to live.
“I spell freedom — T.I.M.E. Time is one of my most valuable assets.”
Core Equation
Time + Attention = Life The purpose is not merely to have time, but to be present enough to inhabit it.Time Philosophy
United States of Unconsciousness
In the United States of Unconsciousness, the purpose of time is to HAVE it. We SPEND it. We SAVE it. We WASTE it. Time IS money. Waste your money and you're only out of money, but waste your time and you've lost a part of your life. You are in Time Poverty.
Now-ism is when all you care about are the next two hours not the next two decades. You are living faster not better, not deeper... on-line banking/billing, instant messaging, fast-food, fast credit, express lanes, speed-dialing, high-speed 4G Network, and remote control for the TV DVR.
“Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10). When you do all these things quickly, you end up not knowing what to do with the extra time you gain except “kill” it and injuring eternity. There is a folly in short cuts, where even instant gratification takes too long, BUT Infinite patience brings immediate results.
Yesterday · Bahamas
If Money Can't Buy Happiness, TIME Can
Rushing is a sign of rudeness and a spiritual/time poverty. When I was in New York two months ago, I did some Time Travel—I wasn't waiting for the train that was running twenty minutes late, I was “being” there for a train that was “coming” because I have accrued time affluence. It's just a mindset.
We can exert control over our perceptions of time. We can expand it—and it makes us happier.
St. Tropez
Hello Dalà and the Loss of Meaning of Time
The Planet doesn't change its speed for me because I walk upon it; rather it is my ego/mind that give me the sense that it does. Art teaches us about the persistence of time and its fluid nature.
Global Perspective
When You're Traveling, You Are a Time Millionaire
The Privileged Homeless. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. You are one of the privileged homeless. You are a Time Millionaire.
A Matter of Time—Rush or Rest—12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days and 8,766 hours. aka The 24/7/52. I am no longer marinated in speed, no longer a “card-carrying Road Runner” racing against the clock.
Global Time Cultures
Every Culture Keeps Time Just a Little Bit Differently
We Americans are in a time famine, while the rest of the world, the 100 million people on this planet that make less than $2 a day, are time millionaires. I started living among these people and like them.
The fastest people on Earth I found were in North America, Northern Europe, and Asia. The slowest were in 3rd-world countries, particularly those in South and Central America, The Caribbean and the Middle East.
The 3rd World(s) have colonized time. Beyond history, these places and people seem to have always existed, and more than that, almost none of them are fat. The destinations are never just places, but new ways of seeing things—like how to order time.
International Date Line
Nuku'alofa — Where Time Begins
All that really belongs to us is time. Even he who has nothing else has that. Time isn't money anymore. It's actually worth more than money. Much more. The amount of time control I have, profoundly affects my health, my productivity, and my happiness…in ways that money simply cannot.
“Slow” is spelled with four letters; So is “life.” “Speed” is spelled with five letters; So is “death.” Note to self.
Florida Keys
Key West Has a Crush on Me
Even a small dose of KW awe gives me a momentary boost in life satisfaction and seemingly expands my future. In two days, we will sail there.
Places can actually affect how time-rich I feel. Like a farmer in a drought who has no water, plugged into the 24-hour global time clock, time becomes the greatest luxury. In fact, the more cash rich I become, the more time poor I feel. Interesting? Time to claim my inheritance.
Life at Sea
A Life Without Time or Numbers
Social jet lag exists when your biological clock (keyed to the sun) and the official time differs. By not being locked down to any weather, however, and always traveling to sunny ports of call, onboard the ship, you can sometimes forget what day of the week it is, or what time it is.
It's a life without time or numbers—No Social Jet lag, winter blues, or time zones. We're never too poor to buy our freedom. It has never been about resources, but more about resourcefulness.
In fact, we are all “time millionaires” and when we choose to “spend” this commodity, the less we put a cash value on travel, and the less we think that money is what we need to have an adventure and live, and the less we associate money with life in general.
2025 Update
Who Wants to Be a Time Millionaire?
2025 Update — Workbook Available Now.
The complete guide to becoming time affluent and living the life of your dreams. This comprehensive workbook takes you through the journey from time poverty to time millionaire status.
Learn the secrets of the “New Rich” who have discovered that time is the ultimate luxury. Transform your relationship with time and unlock the freedom to live life on your own terms.
From the Book Shelf
The Field Note Becomes the Philosophy
This journey turns travel into a working theory of enoughness, attention, and asymmetrical living. The ports change. The central asset does not.