Key insights from
Happiness is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old
What you'll learn
This book began as a series of in-depth interviews that New York Times reporter John Leland conducted called “85 and Up.” The book’s title is just one of the numerous lessons that Leland gleaned through research and time spent with his newfound mentors.
Key insights
- • What you'll learn
- 1 The elderly are not problems to be fixed but sources of tremendous wisdom.
- 2 Even with declining health and a shrinking pool of options, the elderly are some of the happiest people on earth.
- 3 Gratitude contributes heavily to physical, psychological, and spiritual well-being.
- 4 As life’s pace slows down, the elderly find greater joy in simple pleasures.
- 5 There are more sexually active seniors than people think.
- 6 Overthinking gets us nowhere, and blocks our enjoyment of purposeful existence.
- 7 There is joy to be found in the chaos of adventure and uncertainty, as well as in the simplicity of another uneventful day.
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