Thinking of time as a resource to be maximized means you approach it instrumentally, judging any given moment as well spent only in so far as it advances progress toward some goal.

将时间视为有待最大化利用的资源意味着你把时间当作工具来对待，只有当每个既定时刻对于某个目标起推进作用时，你才会认为这一时刻用得恰到好处。