People are substantially less happy when their minds are wandering than when they’re not, based on samples from 2,250 adults.

Evidence

BREVIA - A Wandering Mind Is an Unhappy Mind (Greater Good / Science)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: The Myth of Optimal Awareness - Why Sanity Requires Strategic Auto-Pilot; Mind-wandering is an excellent predictor of people’s happiness; a wandering mind is an unhappy mind. — Wandering mind not a happy mind; Everyday attention lapses and memory failures have affective consequences of mindlessness. — Everyday attention lapses and memory failures

Related

• Mind-wandering is an excellent predictor of people’s happiness; a wandering mind is an unhappy mind. (similarity 0.91)
• Everyday attention lapses and memory failures have affective consequences of mindlessness. (similarity 0.82)