The authors were digging in the correct place to find gold. However, limiting the discussion to “exceptional” (not really) lockdowns-as-a-hot-topic-in-media, and turning to lifeless non-conclusions like “opportunities for self-actualization” and “discovery of passions” were their ways of scuttling.

A good book tying “well-being” to cultural perception of time itself is “Time and the Dog: Society and Depression” by Maria Rita Kehl. Unfortunately, its English translation, announced in 2018, never materialized for some reason, and now, it seems, Verso Books has removed the book from the website. Well, if you're bored, you can always learn Portuguese or Russian to read it.