# 5 What makes a good life
Link to podcast: https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness 1. hindsight: the ability to understand an event or situation only after it has happened 💬 In hindsight, it would have been better to wait . 2. schizophrenia: a serious mental illness in which someone cannot understand what is real and what is imaginary 💬 He was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. 3. octogenarian: a person who is between 80 and 89 years old 💬 In 1986-87, Dukakis starred on Broadway as a Jewish octogenarian (and Marlo Thomas' mother) in Mike Nichols' long-running comedy Social Security. 4. cholesterol: a substance containing a lot of fat that is found in the body tissue and blood of all animals , thought to be part of the cause of heart disease if there is too much of it 💬 A n oil that is high in polyunsaturates and low in cholesterol. 5. buffer: somethi