That makes a lot of sense and I'm sure it's true for a huge deal of the people. All of us have things that we have to do that we don't enjoy and now after you have pointed it out, it feels so obvious - of course that if you buy yourself out of unpleasant stuff, you'll be happier. Honestly, it's something that had never occurred to me. I realized that buying yourself pleasant experiences was highly beneficial but I didn't realize the opposite was something you could also do with money.

But time stress is not always bad, at least not in the right context. There are some of us that thrive under time stress. I personally enjoy being busy and when I think having a fully stacked to-do list, I think I feel motivated and it makes me feel like what I'm doing matters and that I'm not wasting time. But it's really about having challenges that you actually enjoy that is the difference and while everything on my to-do list can be defined as work, it by no means feels like a chore (for the main part at least).

Again, great post with a lot of food for thought!