Killingsworth and Gilbert's trackyourhappiness.org study found human minds wander roughly 47% of waking hours — and even pleasant wandering makes you less happy than focused attention on the task at hand. The implication isn't meditation-as-spirituality; it's that attention itself is a happiness variable you can engineer. Every time you grab your phone, switch tabs, or mentally rehearse tomorrow's meeting, you're trading measurable happiness for a hit of novelty.
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