According to this article, I'm only seven years away from reaching the prime peak of my happiness. I guess at the age of 44, people begin feeling less happy, and then they become more happy in older age.
I thought it was interesting that the main premise of the article is that happiness is more associated with genes and age, rather than circumstances, experiences and the like. And yet I would say that our number one pursuit in life is to become "happier", whether it be through accumulating stuff, or having success, or whatever.
I guess I'll just decide to be happy. While I can.
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Well, I guess it's too late...I'm on the downward swing but somehow I'm not too worried about it...I do think it's interesting that circumstances play less than age and genes. Maybe happiness goes up in older age because they don't even know who they are :)
Or maybe it's because they're finally satisfied with who they are rather than trying to pretend to be someone they're not.
Probably :) Too bad it has to be later in life that most of us understand that.
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