Research shows there's a sweet spot when it comes to downtime, and anything more might even make you feel worse.
Feeling overwhelmed by your to-do list can certainly make you unhappy, butsuggests that more free time might not be the magic elixir many of us dream it could be.
People who had up to two hours of free time a day generally reported they felt better than those who’d had less time. But people who had five or more hours of free time a day generally said they felt worse.“While too little time is bad, having more time is not always better,” said Marissa Sharif, an assistant professor of marketing at The Wharton School and lead author of the paper, in a press release.Of course, most people know instinctively that being too busy can cause stress.
In addition to analyzing the surveys, they also conducted several smaller online experiments. In one they asked participants to imagine having 3½ to seven free hours per day. They were asked to imagine spending that time doing “productive” things or to imagine doing “unproductive” activities .Study participants believed their well-being would suffer if they had a lot of free time during the day — but only if they used it unproductively.
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