Young People And Old People Hate Their Lives

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Some interesting data from Pew Research on life satisfaction by age...

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The scale of the chart is tight, so the broader conclusion is that we're all generally satisfied (but not thrilled) with our lives.

But there's a clear pattern.

20 year olds are relatively disgruntled about things.

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Then life gets better until age 55.

Then, by the time we're 80, we're getting pretty crotchety again.