They also feel less stress, are more fun to be around are more optimistic, and enjoy their lives more than people who are on the calendar is more powerful unhappy.
But in certain circumstances and owing to the claims of duty or the obligations of business it will frequently occur that pleasures have to be repudiated and annoyances accepted.
If you're able to spend less time in the office by working remotely or having flexible hours, you should be able to be productive in both your personal and professional life.
Interesting, Stevenson and Wolfers also find, a clear role for absolute income and a more limited role for relative income comparisons in determining happiness.