{"id":61830,"date":"2017-07-26T01:36:23","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T18:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-guardian-view-on-happiness-spending-money-to-save-time-editorial\/"},"modified":"2017-07-26T01:55:52","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T18:55:52","slug":"the-guardian-view-on-happiness-spending-money-to-save-time-editorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-guardian-view-on-happiness-spending-money-to-save-time-editorial\/","title":{"rendered":"The Guardian view on happiness: spending money to save time | Editorial"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nResearch suggests that buying convenience or paying others to do tasks you dislike can boost satisfaction with lifeYou really can buy happiness, it turns out; but even when we can afford it, most of us don\u2019t. A study suggests that those who outsource dreary chores or pay for convenience report greater life satisfaction, regardless of factors such as income or the number of children in the household. When researchers from the same team gave subjects $40 to spend on a material product, and then another $40 for something that would save them time, they found the latter option had a much more marked effect on happiness. People reported more joy and enthusiasm (perhaps paying for a taxi home had spared them an unpleasant commute, or allowed them time to unwind with friends) and fewer negative emotions such as anger (possibly because they were not wrangling about who should wash the floor). That is not much consolation to those who are both cash- and time-poor. \u201cNobody likes scrubbing the toilet bowl,\u201d observed one of the study\u2019s authors; but the people hired to scrub loos usually have to clean their own when they get home. Yet even among millionaires surveyed in the Netherlands, less than half regularly paid other people to do tasks they loathed. This may be why they were millionaires, but the money they saved was time they squandered. Enjoy yourself, if you can afford it: it\u2019s later than you think. Continue reading…
\n
\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…The Guardian view on happiness: spending money to save time | Editorial<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Research suggests that buying convenience or paying others to do tasks you dislike can boost...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-g5g","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":146520,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-a-plant-identification-app-helped-me-find-happiness-and-satisfaction\/","url_meta":{"origin":61830,"position":0},"title":"How a plant identification app helped me find happiness and satisfaction","date":"July 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r I\u2019m no expert, but knowing my neighborhood\u2019s trees and flowers by name makes me feel groundedEighteen months ago, I adopted a dog. Now I\u2019m out on the streets of Brooklyn with my hound mix for at least an hour a day, strolling and wrestling discarded chicken bones from her\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":61780,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-life-changing-magic-of-paying-someone-else-to-tidy-up-stuart-heritage\/","url_meta":{"origin":61830,"position":1},"title":"The life-changing magic of paying someone else to tidy up | Stuart Heritage","date":"July 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Researchers in Canada have found that spending money on a cleaner brings much more happiness than material goods of the same value. Of course it does \u2013 life\u2019s too short for tidyingYou\u2019re not happy. Of course you\u2019re not. Every moment of your life is accounted for, down to each\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9210,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/dream-of-quitting-your-job-the-joy-of-a-new-beginning-may-not-last\/","url_meta":{"origin":61830,"position":2},"title":"Dream of quitting your job? The joy of a new beginning may not last","date":"March 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Economists find that there\u2019s little satisfaction to be gained from switching jobsWho has not dreamed of the moment? You look your boss squarely in the eye and tell him to take his job and shove it. Then you move on to pastures new.But anyone hoping that new job will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":148976,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/sheikh-hamdan-approves-2024-dubai-happiness-indices-mystery-shopper-results\/","url_meta":{"origin":61830,"position":3},"title":"Sheikh Hamdan approves 2024 Dubai happiness indices, mystery shopper results","date":"January 19, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The report showed an average customer happiness rating of 93.8 percent, an employee happiness rating of 86.7 percent, and a Mystery Shopper score of 95.8 percent for Dubai government entities\r \r Source : arabianbusiness.com\r Read more...Sheikh Hamdan approves 2024 Dubai happiness indices, mystery shopper results","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sheikh-Hamdan-bin-Mohammed-bin-Rashid-Al-Maktoum-1000x667-1.jpeg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":90806,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/abu-dhabi-university-launches-its-first-happiness-course\/","url_meta":{"origin":61830,"position":4},"title":"Abu Dhabi University launches its first happiness course","date":"June 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The first-of-its-kind course will focus on implementing happiness and positive psychology\r \r Source : arabianbusiness.com\r Read more...Abu Dhabi University launches its first happiness course","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":163439,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/fifas-infantino-says-football-an-investment-in-happiness-as-saudi-prepares-for-2034-world-cup\/","url_meta":{"origin":61830,"position":5},"title":"FIFA\u2019s Infantino says football an investment in happiness as Saudi prepares for 2034 World Cup","date":"October 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \u2018We need to invest in emotions, invest in happiness,\u2019 FIFA President Gianni Infantino tells FII The post FIFA\u2019s Infantino says football an investment in happiness as Saudi prepares for 2034 World Cup appeared first on Arabian Business: Latest News on the Middle East, Real Estate, Finance, and More.\r \r\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TALA-AB-Image-Size-1200-x-800-20-1000x667-1.png?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61830"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61830\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}