“The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.”

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“The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.” – Stephen R. Covey.

I love this quote because it flips the way we think about our days. We often talk about spending time — like it’s loose change rattling around in our pockets, slipping through our fingers. But what if we thought about time as something we could invest?

What if we thought about every hour is a seed. Some grow into joy, connection, rest, or creativity. Others… well, they vanish down the black hole of laundry, email, and “just one more scroll.”

This month in the Heart Leap Writing Community, we’re exploring investment: not stocks and shares, but how we spend our love, energy, money and (yes) time.

So here’s a question to carry with you today:
What’s one small way you could invest your time today — so that your future self will thank you?

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For the next few weeks, I’m doubling up on the Heart Leap Writing Hour — every Monday to Thursday, 9–10am (UK). We write together. You turn up with whatever you’re working on, and you’re met by people who get it. You don’t have to explain yourself — you just have to show up.

Come for the writing. Stay for the people. We start at 9am today.