Eighty-Four-Thousand-Four-Hundred Seconds. 84 400s. That’s all you have per day. Make it count…

We have heard this over and over again. So many times before. But somehow we still struggle with it.

Without being too hard on myself, I asked myself this question. Do I make my life count with the 84 400s I have available every day? And, also, what this even mean…

Knowing what this mean will perhaps become a measuring stick to whether I make my life count or not.

So I thought about this… A lot. And I came up with quite a few definitions. Definitions like “we need to discover what has been entrusted to us and use it to live beyond ourselves” and a few other ones…

But then I realized a more important question is whether I truly believe that my life should count. And also why it should count.

You see, once I can get to these answers, my life will count. Without trying to make it count.

It will just happen.

So why should my life count?

Because it is not about my. My life should count so that my children can benefit from it. My wife. My family. My friends.

Realizing that my life should count for the sake of other people and not my own sake, will make my life count automatically…

So… Make your life count. But first, discover why it should count…

Steyn Viljoen