Your Time Is More Valuable Than You Think

So exactly how much should you give? Remember the 100-hour rule. One hundred hours a year -- in other words, two hours per week.
Via Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success: One hundred seems to be a magical number when it comes to giving. In a study of more than two thousand Australian adults in their mid-60s, those who volunteered between 100 and 800 hours per year were happier and more satisfied with their lives than those who volunteered fewer than 100 or more than 800hours annually. In another study, American adults who volunteered at least one hundred hours in 1998 were more likely to be alive in 2000. There were no benefits of volunteering more than 100 hours. This is the 100-hour rule of volunteering. It appears to be the range where giving is maximally energizing and minimally draining.
A hundred hours a year breaks down to just two hours a week. Research shows that if people start volunteering two hours a week, their happiness, satisfaction and self-esteem go up a year later.
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