In “Set in Our Ways: Why change is so hard” the author argues that people are most likely to change their lives before their twenties and less likely after their thirties. The author’s research concludes that openness declines in adulthood and that such fact appears around the world and in all cultures, thus forming a genetic basis. After reading the article, I began to think about my own life and if I want to change something, and what may be really needed to overcome the resistance to change.
The main point of the article is that people are dependent on societal expectations and similar life demands. If a person finds a partner and then gets married and has children with that partner it is most likely,