Do You Have Enough Time?
Jan 31, 2020
3 minutes
By James Wallman
In the 2010s, we worried about too much stuff. A growing awareness of consumerism’s effect on the environment and a desire to broadcast our lives on social media led us to prioritize experience over things, and millions turned to Marie Kondo and minimalism. Now we’ve started to worry about something new: too little time.
Psychologists have found that experiences are more likely than material goods to deliver happiness—another reason we were content to shed anything that didn’t spark joy—but of course we must make choices about which experiences to pursue. The
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