There are so many ways I find myself looking at this. As someone who is 60 I can feel that in some ways it IS easier to feel happy/satisfied than it was during the “trough of responsibilities” to use their term… even though I’d say my responsibilities are not LESS right now…
What’s most fascinating me, because it fits my own growing awareness, is how TIGHT the band is! 7.5 average on the high end! Around 6.75 on the low end.
Wow.
There seems to be a “limiter” inside me that does, indeed, hit around an 8. I am more… calm I’d say… around a 7.5 or 7. When I drop to a 6.5 it feels there is “something off.”
So here is this data set, however imperfect, that raises this point.
Hmmmm…