Happiness comes after you turn 70
After we turn 70, we are likely to be at our happiest as long as we enjoy good health, have sufficient income and are not lonely.
The conclusions are highlighted in a book by Lewis Wolpert, the 81-year-old emeritus Professor of biology at University College London, entitled You’re Looking Very Well, a familiar greeting to those of advanced years.
The Herald Sun quoted Professor Wolpert saying “What emerges is that people in their teens and 20s tend to be averagely happy, but this declines steadily until early middle age.
“But from the mid-40s, people tend to become ever more cheerful, perhaps reaching a maximum in their late 70s or 80s.”
Another United States study showed that overall enjoyment of life tended to decline slowly throughout early adulthood, rising again from around the late 40s or early 50s to reach a maximum around the age of 85.
