Some people think that teenage years are the happiest times of most people's live. Others think that adult life brings more happiness in spite of greater responsibilities. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

Life

is a struggle, and every phase of it serves for a specific purpose. While some people say that their teenage years were the best years of their lives, others admit that

adulthood

has brought more joy than any other time in their past. Considering both sides, in

this

essay I will explore the reasons why

adulthood

is a more enjoyable time in one's

life

. The older we get the more we are free to make our own choices.

Adulthood

,

therefore

, allows us to explore more the things that bring us pleasure, joy, and excitement. Though teens

also

tend to pursue pleasure and excitement, is in the adult years that we have the freedom of choice. And those will not be coerced or guided by our parent's thoughts but rather by our own wishes and ambitions.

For instance

, it is in the grown up stage that we are most likely to fall in love, to move to a different city, to pursue a career that our parents do not approve, or simply travel and explore the unknown. These are actions that bring us joy and

happiness

and that only adults can make.

Thus

, is in

adulthood

that we are able to pursue what most attracts us.

Furthermore

, it is after our teenage years that we are most able to cope with our own emotions. During our teens, our brains are being formed, all the emotions and feelings tend, almost always, to be at one of two extremes of the emotional spectrum.

As a result

, teenagers are much more likely to suffer from depression than adults are.

Conversely

, adults have

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uperior emotional intelligence to deal with emotional situations.

For example

, they can search for things, have a deep relationship with people, or go for adventures that bring them pleasure while

also

balancing the other aspects of

life

per se.

Consequently

, we can say for sure that our emotional intelligence is at its highest after our teen years thereby enabling us to deal with

life

and

happiness

appropriately. In conclusion,

happiness

is temporary and it can be reached in several stages of one's

life

.

However

, is in the

adulthood

years that we are the most prepared to make decisions in the search for

happiness

and to cope emotionally with the result of those.