# Here’s 10,000 Hours. Don’t Spend It All in One Place.

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## Metadata
- Author: [[Arthur C. Brooks]]
- Full Title: Here’s 10,000 Hours. Don’t Spend It All in One Place.
- Category: #articles
- URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/03/having-dual-career-can-make-you-happier/618311/

## Highlights
- But the story of Charles Ives—along with a good deal of scientific evidence—shows that hyper-specialization is not the best strategy for our well-being. We can find greater happiness by instead cultivating a variety of serious interests and activities.
- “Start by scheduling more varied activities into your days, weeks, and months and removing variety from your hours and minutes.”