Hasnain says:

I read this the other day and nodded so hard.

It's about an interesting dilemma: popular culture talks a lot about being able to trade money for precious time, and how that can bring about happiness; but this talks about a study that seems to show the opposite.

The authors argue that once the mindset is in place to value a specific unit of time at a certain dollar value, every piece of free time instantly becomes about maximizing the utility of that slot - and this leads to an ever spiraling cycle.

When sometimes all you need is to just sit at home and do nothing.

Posted on 2019-02-13T06:41:37+0000