Coaching practices for Time Affluence During a Big Change
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I’ve got a big move (or a new job) coming up in a couple of months, and I can feel it’s a rare chance to start fresh
- My days blur past and I can barely remember them
- There’s a job that pays more but eats my evenings, and a longer commute that saves a little cash, and I keep instinctively grabbing the money option
- I’m right in the middle of a big upheaval
- I make a lot more than I used to and somehow feel exactly as stretched
Practices that may help
- Time Affluence, Made Practical
Time affluence is the felt sense of having enough time, the opposite of "time famine" — the chronic feeling of being rushed. Research suggests that valuing time over money, and spending money to buy back time, predict greater happiness, though much of the evidence is correlational and the effects, while real, are modest. - Time Smart: Buying Back Your Time Affluence
Ashley Whillans’s research shows that "time affluence" — the subjective sense of having enough time — predicts well-being better than income beyond a moderate level, and that concrete practices like outsourcing disliked tasks and protecting time for meaningful activities measurably raise it. The core studies are correlational with some experimental support for specific interventions. - Identify and anticipate upcoming transition windows
Treat approaching life changes as scheduled opportunities for habit installation — plan before the transition, not after.
The Habit Discontinuity Effect - Time Affluence Practices (Cassie Holmes)
Cassie Holmes’s research on time and happiness identifies several evidence-backed habits that increase felt time abundance: protecting a moderate amount of discretionary time, spending time on activities that match your strengths, investing in experiences over things, and being present in time you already have. Effects are real but modest; the biggest single factor is how you allocate and attend to the time you have, not how much of it there is. - The Habit Discontinuity Effect
The habit discontinuity effect, studied by Phillippa Lally and Bas Verplanken among others, shows that environmental disruptions — moving house, changing jobs, starting university — weaken the contextual cues that sustain existing habits, creating a window of increased behavior malleability. Evidence comes primarily from observational and survey studies; the effect appears real but its magnitude varies considerably by habit type and individual. - Savor time to make it feel more abundant
Be fully present in activities so time feels fuller, not just faster.
Time Affluence, Made Practical - Choose time over money on purpose
When trade-offs arise, weight time more heavily than the extra dollars.
Time Affluence, Made Practical - Use a life transition to break old environment-behavior links
Major context changes (a move, a new job) create a rare window where old habits are disrupted and new ones are easier to form.
Environment Design for Behavior Change - Catch and stop lifestyle creep
Spending silently rises to swallow every raise unless you intercept it on purpose.
The Enough Mindset, Made Practical - Actively choose time over money at decision points
People who habitually trade money for time report higher life satisfaction than those who do the reverse.
Time Smart: Buying Back Your Time Affluence
Related concerns
- Time Affluence In A New Job
When trade-offs arise, weight time more heavily than the extra dollars.
Choose time over money on purpose
- Time Affluence Practices Cassie Holmes In A New Job
Cassie Holmes’s research on time and happiness identifies several evidence-backed habits that increase felt time abundance: protecting a moderate amount of discretionary time, spending time on activities that match your strengths, investing in experiences over things, and being present in time you already have. Effects are real but modest; the biggest single factor is how you allocate and attend to the time you have, not how much of it there is.
- Time Affluence
Time affluence is the felt sense of having enough time, the opposite of "time famine" — the chronic feeling of being rushed. Research suggests that valuing time over money, and spending money to buy back time, predict greater happiness, though much of the evidence is correlational and the effects, while real, are modest.
- Time Affluence At Work
Time affluence is the felt sense of having enough time, the opposite of "time famine" — the chronic feeling of being rushed. Research suggests that valuing time over money, and spending money to buy back time, predict greater happiness, though much of the evidence is correlational and the effects, while real, are modest.
- Time Affluence Mindset
Time affluence is the felt sense of having enough time, the opposite of "time famine" — the chronic feeling of being rushed. Research suggests that valuing time over money, and spending money to buy back time, predict greater happiness, though much of the evidence is correlational and the effects, while real, are modest.
- Time Affluence Practices Cassie Holmes During A Big Change
Cassie Holmes’s research on time and happiness identifies several evidence-backed habits that increase felt time abundance: protecting a moderate amount of discretionary time, spending time on activities that match your strengths, investing in experiences over things, and being present in time you already have. Effects are real but modest; the biggest single factor is how you allocate and attend to the time you have, not how much of it there is.
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