哈佛大学教授解读幸福是什么HarvardProfessor(12)

如果你快 30 岁了，你觉得会发生什么？
Are you gonna be happier or unhappier in 10 years?
10 年后你会更幸福还是不幸福？
Now most people watching me are optimists.
现在大多数看我演讲的人都是乐观主义者。
Most people think they"re gonna be happier at 38 than they were at 28, and the reason is because these have these goals and they think that they"re gonna meet their goals.
大多数人认为他们 38 岁时会比 28 岁时更幸福，原因是因为他们有目标，他们认为他们会实现他们的目标。
Most people think they"re gonna get happier as they get older, and it"s gonna reach a max point, and then it"s gonna head back down again.
大多数人认为随着年龄的增长，他们会变得更幸福，并且会达到一个顶点，然后它会再次下降。
The truth is exactly the opposite.
事实恰恰相反。
Most people, on average, they get a slight diminution of their happiness from their early 20s until their late 40s or early 50s, but it"s like eight to seven on a 1 to 10 scale.
平均而言，大多数人的幸福感会从 20 岁出头到 40 多岁或 50 岁出头略有下降，但用 1 到 10 的量表来看，差不多是从 8 到 7。
This is not a huge problem.
这不是什么大问题。
Noticeable but not horrible.
值得注意但不可怕。
Then in your early 50s it turns around and you start back up again, and almost everybody actually gets increasing happiness from their early 50s until about 70, except two groups: people who have unremediated mental illness and people who have untreated substance use disorders.