The U-curve of happiness: Why old age is a time of psychological bliss

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Published Mar 11, 2019

Here's why many 80 year olds are probably happier than you.

- The U-curve of happiness shows that we humans are most content at the beginnings and ends of our lives.

- The famous midlife crisis is the trough of our happiness because it's a time when we have responsibility for people older and younger than us, and we grow aware that we may not fulfill the dreams of our youth.

- Children and people in their 80s are uniquely able to live in the moment and be happy because they live at a neurological and psychological sweet spot, respectively.

Ashton Applewhite is a Brooklyn-based activist and writer. Her latest book, This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism, debunks many myths about late life (https://goo.gl/Ln6idn)
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