I was cruising around HowStuffWorks and found a list of famous people who died before the age of 40. I was actually looking for something else, but read the list when I got there
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"Andrew J. Oswald, a professor of psychology at Warwick Business School in England, who has published several studies on human happiness, called the findings important and, in some ways, heartening. 'It’s a very encouraging fact that we can expect to be happier in our early 80s than we were in our 20s,' he said. 'And it’s not being driven predominantly by things that happen in life. It’s something very deep and quite human that seems to be driving this.'"
Then later on: "For people under 50 who may sometimes feel gloomy, there may be consolation here. The view seems a bit bleak right now, but look at the bright side: you are getting old."
But getting to what Karen said: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/health/research/01happy.html
Apparently the early 50s are the lowest point, but then it starts getting better again.
From the article:
"Andrew J. Oswald, a professor of psychology at Warwick Business School in England, who has published several studies on human happiness, called the findings important and, in some ways, heartening. 'It’s a very encouraging fact that we can expect to be happier in our early 80s than we were in our 20s,' he said. 'And it’s not being driven predominantly by things that happen in life. It’s something very deep and quite human that seems to be driving this.'"
Then later on:
"For people under 50 who may sometimes feel gloomy, there may be consolation here. The view seems a bit bleak right now, but look at the bright side: you are getting old."
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