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Putting a price on time makes us unhappy

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If you put a price on your time, you are more likely to get impatient when you are not using it to earn money. And that means that in leisure moments you cannot be happy or enjoy "free time".

According to a study by the University of Toronto (Canada) published in the latest issue of the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology , considering time in terms of money can negatively affect human well-being. It is because this concept changes the experience of the passage of time, and the authors say that the problem is exacerbated by the recent increase in paid jobs by the hour. This attitude can have such an impact on the ability to enjoy life that people come to not allow themselves "not even smell the roses," lament the researchers.

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