Life satisfaction follows a U-curve that bottoms out in our 40s, and two decades of national survey data lay bare the numbers behind the midlife squeeze.
Elyane Palmer’s father always warned her that her 40s would be the hardest years of her life.
It’s his default response whenever she calls to vent about late finishes, stress at work and the guilt of not having enough time with her two young daughters. “I didn’t want to have children late, but I didn’t meet my partner until I was almost 37,” Palmer says. Her daughters arrived in quick succession, at 39 and 41.
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