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The results indicate this mindset may affect our ability to enjoy leisure time, and they have implications for our ability to ‘smell the proverbial roses’, study authors Sanford DeVoe and Julian House were quoted as saying by Live Science. They pointed out that national surveys have shown that while the number of leisure hours has increased in the US over the past 50 years, there has been no accompanying increase in happiness. Instead, people report feeling more time pressure, they said.
The study also found that when participants were paid to listen to music, after being prompted to think about their time in terms of money, they derived more enjoyment from the experience.
