It's a common misconception. Somewhat counterintuitively, surveys have shown that people are happiest past their 60s, particularly men. There's an article in the Economist called "Age and Happiness: The U-bend of Life" that discusses the pattern. Typically, happiness takes a sharp dip in your mid-20s, a gradually plateaus and declines again during your "mid-life crisis". But at somewhere around that 50-year mark, people tend to get happier, eventually surpassing how happy they were in their teens.
Sure, you could just pick and choose your favorite quotes out of a book and quit reading the moment it gets bleak, or you could enjoy the gratification of the entire storyline.
Is it normal that I want to die before I get old?
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It's a common misconception. Somewhat counterintuitively, surveys have shown that people are happiest past their 60s, particularly men. There's an article in the Economist called "Age and Happiness: The U-bend of Life" that discusses the pattern. Typically, happiness takes a sharp dip in your mid-20s, a gradually plateaus and declines again during your "mid-life crisis". But at somewhere around that 50-year mark, people tend to get happier, eventually surpassing how happy they were in their teens.
Sure, you could just pick and choose your favorite quotes out of a book and quit reading the moment it gets bleak, or you could enjoy the gratification of the entire storyline.