By BRAVETTA HASSELL Scene Writer on Jul 22, 2013, at 10:24 AM Updated on 7/22 at 10:24 AM
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Actress Jennifer Lawrence has had plenty to be happy about lately, and according to a new study about happiness, she's right on time. Lawrence turns 23 next month.
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According to an upcoming
study out of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics, people are happiest at ages 23 and 69.
Great expectations of the future - high if not overestimated - are a source of happiness for those in their early 20s, the report suggests.
Then real life kicks in.
Regret hits hard in the mid-50s, but then it's uphill after that. Life satisfaction levels are on the up-swing after 55 and peak a second time at age 69, the study reports.
"One theory is that the U-shape is driven by unmet aspirations which are painfully felts midlife but abandoned later in life," visiting researcher Hannes Schwandt told the
Daily Mail.
Schwandt, who is based at Princeton University, suggests people in their 50s take a cue from those who are older and just let go.
"They should try not to be frustrated by their unmet expectations because they are probably not feeling much worse than their peers."
The study included more than 23,000 participants ranging in age from 17 to 85 years old.
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