The midlife crisis is real (but things will get better …)

Research finds that happiness is U-shaped – and the early 40s are your worst years

New research suggests that human wellbeing hits a low point in our early 40s – and then starts to pick up again.

A paper to be published in the forthcoming issue of the Economic Journal finds that life satisfaction gradually declines from early adulthood to its lowest point between the ages of 40 to 42, before rising again until the age of 70.

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