The average age is the stage between 40 and 60 years. Until now, it was thought that this phase was marked by a crisis. However, several studies have shown that this is not as valid; everything seems to indicate that people tend to be happier after the 1950s.
Today, life expectancy is much higher than in the past, there were times when reaching the age of 50 was not so likely, today on the contrary, overcoming this age is common. Moreover, it is not surprising that, in the coming decades, the number of centenaries continues to increase.
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- What was the name?These are just a few of the circumstances that bring happiness to the scene that comes after youth.
“Age is a matter of mentality. If it’s not important to you, doesn’t it matter?Mark Twain?
Researchers Nancy Galambos, Harvey Krahn and Matt Johnson of the University of Alberta, Canada, conducted a study on happiness at different stages of life. The study is long-term as it was developed over several years.
To carry out the research two groups were formed, one followed by those of 18 to 43 years and the other from 23 to 37 years, the reference points considered were the main events of life, such as changes in marital status, health status, professional aspects, etc.
The study reached five interesting conclusions
Most people tend to be happier after middle age than at 18.
About three decades ago, the term “middle-aged crisis” began to become popular. The idea of reaching the age of 40 plunged people into hard-to-overcome desolation.
They felt that the years had passed too quickly and that saddened them, so they ended up doing stupid things with the illusion of maintaining the youth they had already lost.
The origin of this thesis was research conducted by the Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick, Andrew Oswald. According to him, happiness is distributed on a U-shaped chart.
The wellness peaks were around 20 years old and at dusk, about 70 years old, the least well-being time would come around the age of 40.
However, research from the University of Alberta and other studies have shown that this is not really true and agree that, around age 43, there is a decrease in the feeling of happiness.
Despite this, during this decade of life the sense of well-being is stable and tends to grow, meaning that in reality many people manage to reach fullness at this stage, which we call middle age.
The increased life expectancy and relativism of the concept of youth make it very rare today to see a 40-year-old in an existential crisis; in fact, we see the exact opposite. During these years, many people begin to feel a fulness they have never experienced before.
When we are very young, inexperience and lack of patience with emotions can cause us bad times, it is normal to make many mistakes, even if we have the motivation and the skills to overcome them.
At this stage we have little stability, tranquility and clarity, this generates many sufferings, and applies mainly in the love field, which generates great expectations at an early age.
Over time, it increases the ability to maintain balance in the face of events, and decreases impulsivity and excessive intensity of emotions. In fact, this makes many people happier after middle age.
There are occasional cases where this does not happen, but generally this combination of sufficient experience with satisfactory vitality results in greater well-being.
Less impulsivity and greater ability to maintain balance allow many people to be happier after middle age.