How to Expand Time & Increase Happiness | Cassie Holmes
Good Life Project
Jonathan Fields / Acast
4.5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2024
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Are you constantly feeling overwhelmed, with too many things to do and never enough time? Discover research-backed strategies to overcome the chronic state of "time poverty" from award-winning professor Cassie Holmes.
Her fascinating work at the intersection of time and happiness, explored in her new book Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most, gives you a blueprint to reframe your relationship with time. Learn practical ways to savor life's joyful moments, nurture your closest relationships, and align your limited hours with what's genuinely meaningful - paving the path to maximum fulfillment.
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| 0:00.0 | the single biggest predictor of life satisfaction. |
| 0:04.3 | It was not fortune, it was having strong supportive relationships. |
| 0:10.1 | Whether that came in the form of family or friends that feel like family, |
| 0:14.9 | as we're spending the hours of our week, |
| 0:17.6 | how do we engage to cultivate those relationships such that they are strong and supportive |
| 0:26.0 | and that they have the longevity? |
| 0:28.2 | So it's absolutely worth the time. |
| 0:32.0 | It's just making sure that at the end of the days, at the end of the weeks, |
| 0:36.6 | at the end of the years, at the end of your life, |
| 0:39.2 | you have those strong supportive relationships. |
| 0:43.0 | So what does it mean to be time poor? |
| 0:48.4 | We have all heard the old phrase time is money, usually in the context of work and productivity. |
| 0:54.1 | But the thing is, time isn't just about money. |
| 0:56.4 | It's about happiness and health and life and how we use it. |
| 0:59.8 | And the feeling like we actually have enough of it to do the things that really matter is everything. |
| 1:05.3 | Problem is, according to a study by Harvard Business School, |
| 1:09.7 | the analyzed 2.5 million Americans, |
| 1:12.1 | many of us actually experienced this thing called time poverty, |
| 1:16.0 | or this chronic feeling of just having too many things to do and never enough time to do them. |
| 1:22.7 | And I think most of us are emerging from the last few years |
| 1:25.0 | with this newfound awareness and appreciation for how we spend our time. |
| 1:30.1 | And a desire to make our time here on earth really count. |
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