Most people have heard the saying that a person’s 30s are the happiest decade of their lives. Many of them even truly believed it since most of us expect to be well-settled in our careers along with a serious relationship of not married with kids by that time. However researchers think otherwise.
Professor Jean Twinge, from San Diego University, along with her team analysed data from the early 1970s as part of their research. They found that adults aged 30 years old, and older, used to experience more happiness than younger adults and teenagers. However, that ‘happiness advantage’ steadily declined as the older adults also revealed to be less satisfied with their lives and the younger cohort became a little happier.
Other studies also seem to agree with the conclusions of the study above. Experts point towards a variety of reasons as to why this could be, according to the Daily Mail. The biggest one of them – growing financial pressures – or what some people would label ‘economic insecurity’.
