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对快乐的追求。它’在退休中名列前茅。每个人都希望退休后生活愉快。
It’s one of the three “unalienable rights”在《独立宣言》中强调。幸福也已成为一个行业。奇怪的是你’ve read a least one, 和 probably 近年来,出版了无数有关幸福的书籍或文章。
这些天似乎很难实现– at least around these parts. Among countries, Canada ranks 9th 和 the U.S. slipped from third to 19th in the 2017 世界幸福报告。
但是如果你’re “按时间顺序先进”就像我上周喜剧演员莎拉·琼斯(Sarah Jones)所说的那样’s good news.
与许多事物不同,幸福在以后的生活中趋于增加。几项研究(包含 D.G. Blanchflower,&Oswald,A.J.(2008)) suggest 那 happiness follows a U-shaped curve, dipping in mid-life 和 then tending to climb in the 50’s, 60’s 和 70’s.
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我们都可以同意幸福是一件好事 thing. And it’很高兴知道以后几年它会增加。但也许在那里’追求更高的生活水平。斯坦福大学毕业生的新研究 School of Education 和 Encore.org (Purpose in the Encore Years: Shaping Lives of Meaning 和 Contribution) found 那 (only) about 3 in 10 of surveyed adults, 50 和 older, expressed 那 they have “purpose beyond 自己”. Purpose 被定义为从事对他们个人有意义的活动 和 有助于 他人的福祉。
通常,这对许多人都非常感兴趣。但它’很自然地想知道它到底意味着什么以及您’d需要放弃。目的是否涉及高度的牺牲和全心投入?这项研究的关键发现是追求目标是”not a zero-sum game”。报告目的的人 除了自身之外,还发现他们对其他自我导向的活动有较高的参与度,这表明有目的的活动是“and” rather than “either/or.”也许最值得注意的发现是“purpose beyond the self” reported higher levels of joy, satisfaction, 和 optimism. (I’ve never heard 任何人都抱怨太多。
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How do I find my purpose 和 strive for greater meaning? Our guest on this week’s episode of 退休谈话 播客 艾米丽·埃斯法汉尼·史密斯(Emily Esfahani Smith), 为培养追求幸福的意义提供了令人信服的理由。作者 意义的力量, she notes 那 happiness can be fleeting, while meaning can lead to longer-lasting fulfillment. Emily dispels the perception of pursuing purpose 和 meaning as lofty 和 offers practical 忠告 和 examples of how it can be nurtured in small ways in daily life. Emily provides insights from positive psychology research, the wisdom of ancient philosophers, 和 her own experiences 那 will be useful to anyone who is interested in developing more purpose 和 meaning in their lives.
您 can listen 我们与Emily Esfahani Smith的对话 这里.