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Debt

When most people think "Debt" they think money. Student debt, credit card debt, mortgage debt, car loan debt, name a type of debt. Luckily I've never had any experience with those types of debt. I believe the best way to avoid something is to know what it looks like and stay away from it. I've been well educated about money debt, and have managed to avoid it so far. However, after recent life experiences I've discovered a new kind of debt; time debt.  Time debt happens when you say things like "I'll do that later," or "That can wait until tomorrow." Every time you do the amount of time it would have taken to do that task is added to your time debt balance because you will have to take that time to do the task later. Now I'm not saying that those statements are always bad. After all there are very few people who can just buy a house or car by writing out a check, and no one can do everything at once. The important thing is l...