Behavioral scientists found that people who describe their 70s as the happiest decade of their life aren’t romanticizing — they’ve shed the three specific social performances that consumed more psychological energy in midlife than work, parenting, and financial stress combined

After interviewing dozens of thriving septuagenarians and analyzing decades of behavioral research, I discovered they’re not just older—they’re psychologically richer because they’ve stopped bleeding energy into performances that secretly control our every waking moment in midlife.Read More