marcicat | happiness Wednesday

I’m pretty sure *Andrea has already linked to this article, or one similar, but I saw an excerpt on tumblr this morning, and was intrigued all over again:

Pop quiz: If you suddenly found you had an extra $100, what would you do with it?

Now: What would you do if you suddenly found you had an extra hour?

With the money, chances are you’d be inclined to use it on a treat — to buy something you did not budget for otherwise, rather than paying off an existing debt. With time, it’s the opposite: There’s a good chance you’d use that hour to catch up on work, rather than go for a walk or visit a museum you’d otherwise not have time to do.

From: Read This Story and Get Happier, by Adam Sternbergh

Note: I saved the link to read at work ::cough::, but a quick skim showed there were maybe a few things I was going to get riled up about. But it also looks like it will be good food for thought.

Mirrored from The Marci Rating System.