The Harvard Study of Adult Development may be the longest study of adult life that's ever been done. For 75 years, we've tracked the lives of 724 men, year after year, asking about their work, their home lives, their health, and of course asking all along the way without knowing how their life stories were going to turn out.
If you are interested but don't want the whys and wherefores of the study, start watching the findings at about 5:40. The whole video is 12:36.
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That's outstanding research, and such dedication for all those years. Thanks for sharing. Greetings!
Thanks, John...a very good TED talk...good that all those people contributed to the data!
I like your photos in the previous post, some blue, some red. Excellent.
As for happiness, it is fleeting, isn't it? But, some days are better than others. But, hey, I made it to 75 and I am still married.
Will have to watch this a bit later, but wondering how anyone figures the secret to happiness is the same for women as well as men. I wonder if it is? Probably. Still, a proper study would've included women. Of course I'm speaking out of my ass as I haven't watched the video yet. -Kate
Reassuring for sure! Thank you for sharing.
I will watch the video--as soon as possible. Happiness is created and defined in many different ways by various people. I will be interested to hear what he has to say.
I'm not a bit surprised by the research results.
I'll watch it later, but I too wonder why they didn't ask any women to tell their stories. :-)
Very interesting study. I wish they had shown clips of some of the subjects throughout the years.
Peculiar they'd only study men. They don't live as long as women! That's what they did in the old days, ignored women!
"Replace screen time with people time." Sounds like a good prescription for life.
Thanks for sharing!
Interesting, but why not have studied women? That is telling right there that they waited 65 years and then just questioned the wives--LOL!
This is beautiful. The quality of your relationships. Yes. I can see that. I do love people and connecting. Blogging has really helped me throughout this time of isolation. We are starting to step out in baby steps and it’s wonderful though still scary. I do miss all the people we used to socialize with. Sigh...
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