Older people should give up seeking success and status if they want to be happy after they retire, suggests a new study. Andrew Burr and colleagues from Concordia University in Canada study, report their findings in an upcoming edition of the Journal of Happiness Studies. The researchers...
Retired 80-year-olds can often have double the social interaction of their 50-year-old counterparts. This supports research that happiness increases with age because social interaction stimulates your brain to release _ã–feel good_ã chemicals like norepinephrine, which leads to contentment. To read more about happiness in retirement -...
Rather than sitting around doing nothing in retirement, Goldsmith said, would-be retirees should scope out what they want to do long before rolling over their 401(k) into an IRA. Yes, you will need some bare-minimum requirements in place before seeking out the next new thing...
