A new study says that people who constantly have something to do, even something pointless, are happier than people who sit idly.

The obvious reasons are to make a living, earn money or even to help others.
"I think there's something deeper: We have excessive energy and we want to avoid idleness," said Hsee.
For the study, volunteers completed a survey, then had to wait 15 minutes before the next survey would be ready.
They could drop off the completed survey at a nearby location and wait out the remaining time or drop it off at a location farther away, where walking back and forth would keep them busy for the 15 minutes.
Either way, they would receive a candy when they handed in their survey.
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And if the candies offered at the two locations were different, they were more likely to choose the far location-because they could make up a justification for the trip, Hsee and his colleagues said.
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The research is published in Psychological Science.
Source-ANI