Russ Lowry reflects on how single days feel long but years disappear fast, urging parents to stop postponing vacations, retirement savings, and time with kids. His coaching and family experience show that the busy present becomes the past before you notice.
Let's call this the days are long and the years are short. I think I've referenced this in other videos, but it just bears repeating. As you guys are growing up and moving out of the house or moving back between careers, the days seem long. They're full of stuff. You're out, you go to work, you take your kids to school, maybe you're in grad school or studying at night for your career. You get home at 8 o' clock after football, baseball, basketball, soccer practice, whatever. And the days are just so long. And it seems like you have all the time in the world, but in reality, the years are short. And every time you blink, it's two, three, five years have gone by until one day it's like 20. So the point would be, realize this, that the days are long, but they're. A lot of times they're just full of odd activity. But enjoy yourself, enjoy your kids, enjoy your spouse, because the reality is, even though it seems like you've got all the time in the world, you really don't. And the time just goes by so quick. So don't put off stuff like maybe vacations, definitely don't put off saving retirement savings. A lot of people do that. They're like, well, I have enough money. $25 a month is better than nothing. Trust me. Don't put off the fun things. Work will always be there. You know, kind of put the agency on autopilot. For many years when I coached you guys because I wanted to spend time with you, because I realized that that time is fleeting. My dad never did that, so that was something I just wanted to do myself. And then I get caught up in how competitive we are and you guys are all really good athletes, but that time is. It goes by so fast. You think you have all the time in the world. And you know, today's Monday. The next thing you know, it's Sunday. You're like, where'd the week go? And then another year goes by, another year goes by. So don't let, don't get caught up in all the monotony and minutiae and daily activity and ignore the little things because they won't always be there. You know, read to your kids, the kids when you're small, the world is their oyster. And just going to the zoo is fun. You know, museums and reading to them and talking to them and spending time with them, because in a blink of an eye, they're adults. So think about that. Hopefully that helps you a little bit whenever you're feeling really busy and you're like, what do I do? Have to make decisions. Stop. Do the right thing. Often the hard thing, you know, Go to that Valentine Days party. Go to that Christmas party for your kids. Take them out of school for a day. Go to a baseball game or something like that. Because time goes quickly.
