Mid-Life Crisis?
My own mid-life crisis came at the point at which I realised I was ‘barking up totally the wrong tree’, changed direction and got myself a more fulfilling and happy place in the world of work.
A surprising number of my clients (male and female) come to see me with going through a similar crisis of direction.
Having a crisis at mid-life must surely be a fairly modern concept? I can’t imagine my grandparents experiencing such a ‘thing’, and back in Victorian England reaching 40 was almost certainly a bonus.
I have my own ‘common sense’ theory about why having a midlife crisis has become almost common place these days…
SURVIVAL (i.e. the need for food, water, shelter) is no longer the basis for our ‘get up and go’. Paying the bills; paying for holidays; paying for cars; a new kitchen; an extension; the kids etc etc have taken the place of going to work to earn a ‘crust of bread’ i.e. to eat!
The need to survive has been replaced by the need to meet EXPECTATIONS: expectations we have of ourselves; expectations society has set for us.
Perhaps as we get nearer to the big ‘40’ we begin to feel weary of rushing around simply to fuel our bank balance and to pay the bills? Perhaps that’s when that all-important ‘doom laden’ question surfaces from the depths…
Is this it?
And the answer is of course…
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