Method
Participants recruited through an online pool (N = 150; mean age = 39.9 years; 74% female, 26% male) were randomly assigned to one condition of a 2 (Recipient: self vs. other) × 2 (Time: 10 min vs. 30 min) between-subjects design. On a Sat-urday morning, participants received instructions. Participants in the self condition were asked to “spend 10 minutes doing something for yourself that you weren’t already planning to do today.” Participants in the other condition were asked to “spend 30 minutes doing something for someone else that you weren’t already planning to do today.” At the end of the day, participants reported their perceptions of time using the items from Experiment 1a.