Researchers think they can show that more money doesn’t translate into increased happiness, and conclude:

… people with higher incomes devote relatively more of their time to work, shopping, childcare and other “obligatory” activities. Women … associated those activities with “higher tension and stress.” People with higher incomes spend less time on “passive leisure” activities such as socializing or watching television, which the respondents viewed as more enjoyable.

According to the government statistics, men making more than $100,000 per year spend 19.9 percent of their time on passive leisure, compared to 34.7 percent for men making less than $20,000. Women making more than $100,000 spend 19.6 percent of their time on passive leisure, compared with 33.5 percent of those making less than $20,000. (source: Princeton University)

They concluded that life is stressful whether you have a lot of money or not much.

I guess this means it’s time to stop playing the lottery.

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H/t: LifeTwo. Also see the Los Angeles Times summary here.

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