Saturday, June 26, 2021

The U Curve of Happiness

 Years ago, I read a blog, 70-something.com, written by a woman in Boston who had an interesting life and wrote about interesting topics.  She wanted readers to hear what it was like for a woman to go through her seventies, now her eighties.  I decided to start a similar blog but from a man’s perspective. 

 Recently, the lady blogger wrote about the U Curve of Happiness, a discovery based on happiness surveys that shows happiness declines in the teen years and reaches a low around 50 years old, then trends up until death, thus the name U Curve.  I had never heard of it and googled it to learn more.  An article by Margit Cox Henderson, The Paradox of Aging: the Happiness U-curve is one of the resources I found.

It seems the U Curve is universal, showing up around the globe.  But, it is based on large populations and individual curves can vary depending on health, finances, and relationships.

 I looked at my age, 83, and the U Curve indicates that I should be at the happiest point in my life and my happiness just might continue to increase.  Believe it or not, I believe the U Curve got it right.

 Seasoned Man

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