Want to Be Happier? Cherish Time Over Money

Harvard Business Review · Oct 17, 2026 · 7m

Want to Be Happier? Value Time Over Money

18 Nov 2020

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Here’s how to know if you’re making enough time for happiness, and what to do if you’re not. A preponderance of evidence shows that the feeling of having enough time — “time affluence” — is now at a record low in the United States. This situation is so severe it could even be described as a “famine” — a collective cultural failure to effectively manage our most precious resource, time. Time poverty exists across all economic strata, and its effects are profound. Research shows that those who feel time-poor experience lower levels of…