Today’s Solutions: December 19, 2025

What’s more valuable time or money? Researchers asked more than 4,000 people and 64 percent valued money more than time. However, the scientists also checked the level of happiness and life satisfaction of the respondents and they found that the people who chose time were on average happier than the people choosing for money. And that outcome was independent of the status and/or income of people. It’s wiser to value time over money.

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