Woman's Own

WOULD YOU TAKE ADVICE FROM YOUR PARENTS?

‘YOUNG ’UNS WASTE SO MUCH TIME’

I visited my parents recently. While I wittered on about the weather, the kids and life in general, I noticed that, while they had complaints, they both seemed a lot happier than me. So, when I read about a study that found that people over 55 have a better quality of life and that there’s a ‘happiness gap’, with older people feeling consistently more content and secure than those aged 16 to 34, well, it all made sense. It led me to ponder the secrets of my parents’ happiness. I asked them for some tips, and here’s what happened when I spent a week following their advice…

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