Science says: at this age you are at a peak

If Blendle sends you news from Quest and it's about highlights, then you start scrolling. This time they weren't orgasmic in nature, but it was about the highlights in a person's life (which for some might also feel orgasmic).

Now I live in the illusion that my highlights are yet to come. A gym was unknown to me until I turned thirty, so I must get fitter, I have the conviction that I can still become wiser, and if my wrinkles don't deepen, maybe a little bit more pleasant to look at? Oh, come on? No chance, say the researchers. I can pack it in, because these are the ages to peak in being fit, acting wise, creativity, being found attractive, and being popular.

Being fit

Your body peaks between your eighteenth and twenty-fifth. You can maintain this for about fifteen years, but then it's over. At an Olympic level, twenty-six is the age at which victories are most often achieved. It's not that I aspire to be an elite athlete, but it's a shame.

Acting wise

You do that in your twenties, but you only become it when you pass fifty. Your knowledge is vast and your vocabulary is enormous, you hope. Short-term memory peaks between your twenty-fifth and thirty-fifth. Can I still do something? And when you're twenty, your brain processes information the fastest.

Creative minds

When you're forty-five, you are at the highest risk of winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, at thirty-nine you compose a brilliant piece of music, and when you're forty-two you reach great heights as an artist. The forties are by far the biggest creatives. I can hardly wait.

At your most attractive

In the category of ‘quite unfair’: men remain attractive to women throughout their lives, women can pack it in after their twenty-third. When it comes to being handsome, because for relationship material, men prefer something in their own age group.

Being popular

The older you get, the fewer friends you have. Sounds sad, but it's not. As a twenty-something, you gather friends to build your social network. After your thirtieth, a natural sifting occurs, until you have those few left with whom you will grow old and gray. I've said goodbye to vague acquaintances, and I'm content with that.

The big winner, says the research from Quest: twenty-somethings. And there you are as a thirty-something, thank goodness I still have a chance to write a bestseller and will become a bit wiser later on.

Source: Quest via Blendle