I'm curious about your midlife monologue. Everyone's middle age is different. Some don't experience any transition at all (or so they insist), while others wrestle creatively/productively/disastrously/etc. with middle ages's inevitable shifts and changes. What's your midlife experience? Leap, pivot, or crisis? Positive transition or turmoil? Tiny tweaks or ...
Midlife Leap
Precocious Midlife Crisis
"Everybody should have a midlife crisis! I mean, why wouldn’t you have a midlife crisis? My first midlife crisis was when I was like nine-and-a-half." ~ Jay Wexler (Source: The Boston Globe) I snipped this from an interview with Jay Wexler about his novel, Tuttle in the Balance. His lighthearted riff on midlife crises is woven into a dismissive response to a suggestion that Ed Tuttle, his law ...
Midlife Impetus
Mid-life crises do not always lead to inappropriate or risky behaviors. For some, it is a time to learn new things, break some bad habits, or broaden their horizons. It can be the impetus to lose weight, start exercising, or finally take those piano lessons you have been talking about doing for years on end. ~ Len Kay (Source: Surviving the Midlife Crisis | Age Smart) Are you curious about a ...
Absurd
"Credo quia absurdum est." Translated, roughly: I believe it because it's absurd... A throwaway. But a throwaway that resonates, right? Seems to me that this oft cited gem might be relevant to another oft cited crutch: the midlife crisis. It's absurd enough to believe, but I'm holding my course. Beware the midlife leap! ...