Is Life Better When You're Busy?

A paper argues that people dread idleness and are generally happier when they'rebus er than when there's nothing to do. But without a justification for activity, people choose idleness even though they'd rather be active. If we keep busy, we need a reason in order to do so. And it suggests a lot of our business may be self imposed. We abhor idleness, but being too busy stresses us out. I feel like i'm happiest when i'm ever so slightly too busy. Just wanting to fill time doesn't seem to be a good enough excuse.