--- ## Notes [[Having more time makes us happy]] ## Highlights A great deal of attention has been devoted to reducing financial scarcity, but there is relatively little rigorous research examining how to reduce feelings of time scarcity ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h4dee6azxbsn2fz5ekebcv5b)) people felt less end-of-day time pressure when they purchased time-saving services, which explained their improved mood that day. According to the broaden-and-build theory ([20](https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1706541114#core-r20)), improvements in daily mood should promote greater life satisfaction over time. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h4der68yh0rb9esq0655fkp3)) Despite the potential benefits of buying time, many respondents allocated no discretionary income to buying time, even when they could afford it: just under half of the 818 millionaires that we surveyed spent no money outsourcing disliked tasks. Our initial surveys used a narrow definition of buying time (“outsourcing disliked tasks”), but even when we broadened our definition in our preregistered survey study, half of our respondents still reported not using any money on “purchases that save time.” ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h4desc37xr2my00vg980mykj)) ^8ppv4u