Grant and Glueck Study

Love: It is complicated and challenging yet yields the greatest reward.  It makes us grow and experience ourselves fully.

In 1939, Harvard Medical School began tracking the lives of two groups of men to identify the psycho-social predictors of healthy aging. The two groups consisted of 456 poor men growing up in Boston from 1939 to 2014 (the Grant Study), and 268 male graduates from Harvard’s classes of 1939-1944 (the Glueck study). Link to the Grant and Glueck study.

The conclusions of the study strongly indicate that good relationships keep people happier and healthier.  It’s particularly close relationships that matter rather than the number of relationships.

The biggest predictor of your happiness and fulfilment overall in life is love.

http://www.inc.com/melanie-curtin/want-a-life-of-fulfillment-a-75-year-harvard-study-says-to-prioritize-this-one-t.html