Aging Well: Surprising Guideposts to a Happier Life from the Landmark Harvard Study of Adult Development
A Nonfiction, Psychology, Science book. Contrary to all expectations, I seem to grow happier as I grow older. I think that America has...
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- Pages: 384 pages
- ISBN: 9780316090070 / 316090077
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Contrary to all expectations, I seem to grow happier as I grow older. I think that America has been sold on the theory that youth is marvelous but old age is a terror. On the contrary, it's taken me sixty years to learn how to live reasonably well, to do my work and cope with my inadequacies. For me youth was a woeful timesick parents, war, relative poverty, the miseries of learning a profession, a mistake of a marriage, self-doubts, booze and blundering around. Old age is knowing what I'm doing, the respect of others, a relatively sane financial base,... To the same question a 78-year-old Study member replied, All the many plans for the day. I love life and all I do. I love the out of doors. It is a joy to be alive and living with my best friend. He was referring to his wife of fifty years with whom his sex life was still very satisfying. George E. Vaillant, Aging Well: Surprising Guideposts to a Happier Life from the Landmark Harvard Study of Adult Development //
This book was recommended to me by a retired friend. I found it to be rich in insights about the factors that contribute to a good quality of life in later years. The book is based on three longitudinal studies of cohort groups that periodically examined the lives of individuals from young adulthood into old age. The author not only... A masterpiece, a special blend of empirical research and wisdom from the humanities; it's firmly among the greatest in my pantheon of great books. Vaillant writes with grace, and this book is even better than his landmark Adaptation to Life. The vignettes are revealing, joyous, sad, moving, and beautifully perceptive. It is a book I'll... Stories are usually interesting and Vaillant's work is replete with vignettes of ~800 individuals who took part in three landmark studies on aging representing men from privileged backgrounds, men from socially disadvantaged backgrounds and women from middle-class families who were intellectually gifted. What happened to them after...
