Time Confetti and the Broken Promise of Leisure
We have more free time than ever before, but it’s so sliced and diced that we feel more time poor than ever. Here’s how to notice and overcome the time confetti in your life.
Founding Columnist
Ashley Whillans
Ashley Whillans is the Volpert Family Associate Professor at Harvard Business School. Her research seeks to understand the associations between time, money, and subjective well-being. She is particularly interested in understanding how individual, organizational and societal factors like gender, workplace policies, and income inequality predict how people value and spend time and money, with possible implications for well-being.
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To Promote Happiness, Choose Time Over Money
If you feel like there are too many things to do today and not enough time to do them, you are not alone.