From: LiveScience
How to Find More Time: Give Some Away
July 26, 2012
LiveScience:
Seems there’s never enough time in the day, right? But if you want more time, try giving some away. A new study finds that those who volunteer their time feel they have more of it.
“Although it seems counterintuitive to give away any of your time when you feel your time to be scarce, our findings suggest that even spending small pockets of time to help others can make people feel more effective, and like they can do a lot with the limited time they have,” said study leader Cassie Mogilner of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
“Giving time makes people feel like they have more time,” Mogilner told LiveScience.
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