Time Smart

Outline

Time Smart (2020) shows that many people today feel poor in time, and that this constant rush harms happiness and health even more than a lack of money. Drawing on her research, Ashley Whillans explains the hidden time traps that steal our hours and offers simple, science-based strategies to find more free time, spend it well, and value time over money when making everyday choices.

• Many people today feel poor in time, and that constant rush is a real problem, not just a nuisance.
• Feeling short of time harms happiness and health even more than a shortage of money does.
• Hidden time traps quietly steal our hours, and spotting them is the first step to getting time back.
• Science-based strategies can help you find more free time and spend it on what matters to you.
• When making everyday choices, the book encourages you to value time over money.

Ashley Whillans is a Canadian social scientist and professor at Harvard Business School who studies the connection between time, money, and happiness. Her research on time poverty and well-being has been featured widely in the media and used by companies to design better workplace policies. Time Smart is her first book.