each period have his for and against.

Childhood: Unconscious of the life Youth: Discovery girls/party/sport... Young adult: can do what you want as you re an adult 30's: party hard and work 40's: Did a balance of my life and check what did i do or not ? And what can i do 50's: what do i need to fix in my life (physical, spiritual, mental.... )? after i do not yet :)

I think in my 30s is where I really felt comfortable in my own skin, started to figure out how to take things one day at a time, as well as finally settling down and having kids. My 20s, I didn’t know WTF was going on haha.

My 30 were fun, single and living with in new places.

It felt good to be adventurous and not worries about behaving as an adult.

Good times

One of the biggest challenges in being alive is that we don't have an A/B test available.

We are all born with certain tendencies, predilections, weaknesses, etc....but we are born blind to them. Because we can't "swap out" to a different person, we must stumble along in a blind walk and slowly learn these things by trial and error.

This is a very slow process and sometimes it takes you a decade to realize "why haven't I started doing XYZ before? or more accurately....why didn't I stop doing XYZ long ago??"

As such, I tend to feel that the "best version" of myself is most recent version. Yea, I'm not as young or fit (or have the same amount of hair) as my younger self, but 'this version' always feels the most content.

Interesting question.

I think starting from my 20s I have been quite happy overall.

I guess being an adult helps.

only in my 20s but this is definitely my favorite, the freedom of adulthood is much better than childhood

Damn.. those 30’s.. Worked hard, partied even harder.. Best years of my life

The 70s - the decade, not referring to my age!

This one. For me at least, it seems to mostly be a function of how much flow I'm experiencing, the diversity of flows I'm experiencing, and whether I'm taking time to appreciate them. I've been doing a pretty terrible job the last while though.

I have a strong fondness for the technology of the 90's, specifically video games and computers. Arcades were magical places, and early 3D still looks cooler to me than most modern games today. Building a PC was actually fun and somewhat challenging.

If we're talking about age decades, I think probably my 30's so far. The older I get, the less I stress out about things, which leads to more overall happiness.

Anyone who doesn't answer "the 2000s" is objectively incorrect.

I find this question particularly hard to answer, being right smack dab in the middle of a decade. I think I tend to romanticize my 20s because so many of my "firsts" happened during that period of my life. There have been numerous psychological studies that indicate novelty and "firsts" release dopamine and therefore make us happier. In some ways I find this true for my n of 1 case. In my 20s I:

I didn't know what I was doing and I definitely wasn't always happy (in fact I'm probably a lot happier these days), but I felt like every possibility of the universe was open to me. Like the universe was one big book, and I had infinite time to read and re-read its contents.

I do feel like time has started to take on the shape of walls these days-- cold and intimidating in many ways. I'm aware of its presence in a way I wasn't before. In this decade, I'm trying to figure out how to use that awareness in a way that pushes me to continue to live happily, freely, and without a lot of fear about the future. It's really nice to see most of the answers in this thread do not list their 20s as their favorite decade. As with everything, perspective is a beautiful thing.

My 20s were more fun and I was a bit more connected to my social groups. My 30s are OK. I'm much more content and comfortable, but maybe a bit bored. I know that's on me.

My 30s

I lived and worked overseas, spent several good years of couple time with my wife, and became a father for the first time. All life-changing, enriching experiences

The current one. Every year I strive for relentless improvement to be the best version of myself. As a parent of two young kids I take a lean approach to my life to maximize my core values daily!