Buy yourself time
Sonja Lyubomirsky's third principle to enjoy your wealth so that it brings you happiness is this:
Spend money to give you time.
Time, as they say, is the great equalizer. We all have the same 24 hours regardless of the dollars in our bank accounts.
Research shows, that 'time affluence' – (time to do things that matter to you and bring you joy) is a better predictor of happiness than pure affluence (how much money you have).
Makes sense, right? If we are too busy making money, we don't have time to enjoy it.
So here is an easy way to "buy happiness".
Use money to buy time for yourself. Hire someone to do something that you would normally do yourself.
For those of us who like to do everything ourselves, here is another way to look at it: you will be distributing your blessings and being a source of income for someone else.
(Not to mention having one less thing on your "to-do" list).
(When I shared this with a group of mothers recently, that you could get someone to help you do some tasks so you can enjoy more time with your family, SO many lightbulbs went off!)
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