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by Christopher Peterson

Christopher Peterson is professor of psychology at the University of Michigan. See full bio

May 24, 2009, Health

Comments on "It's Never Too Early to Start Living Happily Ever After"

It's Never Too Early to Start Living Happily Ever After

By Christopher Peterson, Ph.D. on May 24, 2009 in The Good Life

An important study was recently published by Laura Kubzansky of the Harvard School of Public Health and her colleagues. They looked at longitudinal data from a diverse sample of individuals from the Providence area, They goal was to investigate whether childhood personality characteristics predicted adult physical health. Read More

Never too late?

Submitted by Coert Visser on May 25, 2009 - 2:44am.

Hi Christopher,

It is one thing to say that it is never to early to start with such a good thing. But can you also say it is never too late?

I remember that years ago I was talking with someone who explained to me that he had discovered that everything in his life had been build on things he had now discovered were wrong. he added that at the age he now had there was no point in trying to start a new.

best wishes,
Coert

It is - also - never too late

Submitted by Christopher Peterson, Ph.D. on May 25, 2009 - 3:25pm.

Change can and does occur at all points in life. Sometimes it is simple, and sometimes difficult. But it can happen. Maybe I should gather my thoughts and write a blog entry about changes later in life. Thanks for the comment. Chris Peterson