Why does happiness get harder in your 40s? Why do you feel in a slump even when you're successful? Where does this malaise come from? And, most importantly, will it ever end? Drawing on cutting-edge research, award-winning journalist Jonathan Rauch answers all these questions.
Why does happiness get harder in your 40s? Why do you feel in a slump even when you're successful? Where does this malaise come from? And, most importantly, will it ever end? Drawing on cutting-edge research, award-winning journalist Jonathan Rauch answers all these questions.
Jonathan Rauch is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington and a contributing editor of The Atlantic. He has also written for The New Republic, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, among many other publications. He lives with his husband in Washington, DC.
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1. The Voyage of Life Thomas Cole's journey-and mine
2. What Makes Us Happy (and Doesn't) The strange illogic of life satisfaction
3. A Timely Discovery How unsuspecting economists (and apes) found the happiness curve
4. The Shape of the River Time, happiness, and the curve of the U
5. The Expectations Trap Midlife malaise is often about nothing
6. The Paradox of Aging Why getting old makes you happier
7. Crossing Toward Wisdom The happiness curve has a purpose, and it's social
8. Helping Ourselves How to get through the U
9. Helping Each Other Bringing midlife out of the closet
