Time is the only asset with no market. You cannot buy more, sell it back, or borrow it honestly. So price it like it's finite, because it is.

The thought behind it

It converts a feeling into a figure. Nothing about it is dramatic; it is the arithmetic nobody wanted to finish. Filed under TIME as well, because the balance actually being discussed is not currency but the hours behind it. “market” is doing the work: it is where the line stops describing you and starts asking something.