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Mike Carruthers:
It's no fun getting old. That's the assumption many people make,
but apparently it's not necessarily true.
David
Niven PhD:
There's absolutely no reason to think that you're going to get
less happy as you age. What we find is that folks can be as happy,
in fact even more happy.
David
Niven, author of the book, The
100 Simple Secrets Of The Best Half Of Life…
One of
the things that changes for the better for an awful lot of folks
is that responsibilities tend to shift and in many cases responsibilities
tend to fade away over time. Which has the effect of giving
people tremendous freedom. For many people this is the first
time that that's ever happened to them in their lives and it
can be an incredibly liberating experience.
And something
else very important to staying happy as we age…
An awfully
large part of this is simply having a direction, having something
you want to do. One of the things that research clearly shows
is retiring by itself for example doesn't make us happier. Just
having a whole big chunk of time on our hands by itself actually
isn't a positive it's something of a negative it can overwhelm
an awful lot of people. But having some time on our hands and
a direction, something to do with that time is about the best
experience anyone is going to have.
Tomorrow
some specific suggestions on how to stay happy as you get older.
I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.
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