Happiness is qualitative, not quantitative.
It is subjective,
It varies from time to time in an individual.
There is a difference between happiness and contentment.
Contentment is when you have had and you do not need anything, especially something you were after and you feel full as after a Full Meal.Happiness is when you get some thing you earn for and is more closely associated with your efforts and has a value judgement as well.
In contentment there is simply a feeling of fullness.
While happy people need not be contented, contended ones are Happy.
Happiness, because of its nature is difficult to assess even subjectively as it keeps on shifting,
However as happiness has a Contentment content, the measure of Happiness may indicate your state.
A Study has now revealed that one is at the peak of Happiness when in 23 or 69.
One is being young, full of aspirations, unsullied by the realities of Life, with pep and vigor where everything seems possible.
At 69, one knows his limit and the Realities of Life and has learnt to be happy by being contents primarily.
The Report of the study.
I am intrigued as to why Yahoo News has classified this as “Odd News‘
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The results of the study are being published this week by theCenter for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics.
“One theory is that the U-shape is driven by unmet aspirations which are painfully felt in midlife but beneficially abandoned later in life,” Princeton researcher Hannes Schwandt, who led the London School of Economics study, told the Daily Mail.
Other recent studies have attempted to track happiness to economic security. For example, a 2010 Princeton study found that personal wealth does affect one’s respective happiness but only up to about $75,000. Beyond that, other studies have found that personal relationships and physical health are more intricately tied to happiness.
Another article published today looks at the “10 Habits of Happiness,” which include gratitude lists, getting enough sleep and spending time outdoors.
For the study, Schwandt and his team compared happiness levels for 23,161 Germans between the ages of 17 and 85.
Schwandt said individuals enter a lowered state of happiness at around age 55, when they begin to negatively analyze the various unrealized accomplishments in their lives. However, at around age 60, the happiness level begins a steady uptick as those same people move beyond their past regrets and enter a level of acceptance.
“People in their fifties could learn from the elderly, who generally feel less regret,” he said. “They should try not to be frustrated by their unmet expectations because they are probably not feeling much worse than their peers.”
However, the study found that happiness again begins to decline as individuals move into their 70s…”
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If you’re middle-aged and miserable, don’t despair: Give it a decade or two and you’ll be feeling like a carefree young person again.
Researchers have revealed that life satisfaction peaks at 23 and 69. People in their early twenties overestimate their future life satisfaction by an average of around 10 per cent, before the disappointments of life kick in.
They face decades of declining expectation before hitting their lowest point in their mid-fifties, when regrets over unrealised dreams are at their greatest.
Satisfaction levels finally start to rise again after 55 and peak once more at 69, according to a study by the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics.
Those aged 68 underestimate their future happiness by 4.5 per cent, meaning they no longer face disappointment, the researchers found.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2372288/I-CAN-satisfaction-Were-happiest-aged-23-69–mid-50s-worst-time-regrets.html
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/-happiness-peaks-at-ages-23-and-69–200954218.html
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