Hi Paul, first thank you for this article. I read most of your articles this is my first comment to post. This article helped me balance the statement " time is gold" "time is precious" , yet here you say, " it's okay to waste time. " I am 70 years old, actively connected in the hotel hospitality industry, have no desire to stop learning, growing, developing because another saying that i also read is " if we are not growing, we are dying," This article is soothing me in the sense that yes, life is a gift, use it well, and one day we all will die. Amen. I got the key takeaway in this article, it's okay to waste time, to relax, to take it easy....it's okay for me to slow down, and why not? it will not stop me from learning, so thank you Paul...God bless you.