What If Your Most Valuable Currency Was an Hour of Your Time | A Neighborly Tip
What If Your Most Valuable Currency Was an Hour of Your Time | A Neighborly Tip Photo by Robby McCullough (@robbymccullough) I noticed something a while back — most of us are sitting on a quiet little fortune we never think to count. Not in a savings account, but in what we actually know how to do. One neighbor can hem a pair of pants in fifteen minutes. Another one knows how to file a confusing insurance form without losing her mind. Someone down the street gives the best haircuts, and the guy in the corner house can fix a leaky faucet before the water bill gets embarrassing. A time bank is simply the idea that all of that counts. One hour given equals one hour earned — no dollar signs, no awkward "oh, you didn't have to" moments at the door. I think what draws me to the idea is how it quietly levels things out. It doesn't matter if someone is retired and living carefully on a fixed income, or a young parent with more energy than cash. Everyone's ho...