450: How to maximize your time & stop waiting for weekends | Award-winning happiness researcher Cassie Holmes, Ph.D.

Cassie Holmes, Ph.D.: “It’s not about how much time you have. It's really how you spend that time.” Cassie, a social psychologist and award-winning happiness researcher, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how to better manage your time, plus: - The relationship between time & happiness (~01:09) - How to find your sweet spot with quality time (~08:54) - How to reframe unenjoyable parts of your day (~15:22) - How exercise makes you happier (~22:05) - When exercise can start to have diminishing returns on mood (~26:31) - How helping others makes you feel like you have more time (~30:23) - How to make the most out of ordinary experiences (~31:16) - How to stop waiting for weekends (~38:48) - How distractions derail your happiness (~42:40) - Why more time isn’t necessarily better (~45:23) - How to make mundane events feel extraordinary (~49:10) - How to identify your purpose (~55:24) Referenced in the episode: - Cassie's book, Happier Hour . - Find Cassie's time tracking worksheet . - Katy Milkman, Ph.D.'s research on bundling . - A study showing those spending time outside felt happier . - A study showing helping another person makes feel like you have more time . - A study showing we are distracted about 50% of the time . - A study showing having phones on the table leads to unhappiness . - Cassie's research on happiness from extraordinary vs. ordinary experiences . We hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to watch the full video on Youtube ! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices