Lauren Webb

Last summer, I was on a walk with my newborn son when an older man approached me. He said: “I remember standing here with my newborn. An old man came up to me and said ‘It goes by fast, cherish it.’ Well, my daughter is 45 now. It goes by fast, cherish it.” It hit me hard. The next morning, I had my son in bed and felt a profound sensation: For the first time in my life, I had enough. As ambitious people, we spend most of our lives playing a game: Everything we do is in anticipation of a future. When it comes, we just reset to the next one: • "I can’t wait until I’m 18 so I can [X]." • "I can’t wait until I’m 25 so I can [Y]." • "I can’t wait until I’m 45 so I can [Z]." It’s natural, but it’s a dangerous game—one that we will lose...eventually. We waste a lot of energy on past and future when present is all that’s guaranteed. We push for more—but really, we need to find our enough. Never let the quest for more distract you from the beauty of enough. A simple closing reminder: Treat time as your ultimate currency—it’s all you have and you can never get it back. Spend it wisely, with those you love, in ways you’ll never regret.