Mid-Life Crisis who has gone through it
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I don't think I've been through a mid-life crisis (yet,) but I do have lingering feelings of, "I wish I were more adventurous like when I was younger."
Back then, I thought one of my life's ambitions was to travel the globe. Enter the onset of severe problems with motion sickness, claustrophobia (I can only stand being crammed in a tiny airplane seat for about 6 hours max,) and a general disdain for the expense and hassle that travel has become, and I've pretty much turned into a reluctant homebody.
Instead of going and seeing things like the pyramids in Egypt or the Great Wall of China like I dreamed of in the past, now I watch YouTube videos documenting sites that were formerly on my bucket list.
I also wasn't counting on being single, and figured I'd have a spouse to travel with. But that didn't pan out either.
However, I know a few other singles much more adventurous than I, and maybe with a little coaxing
, I might find myself tagging along on a few of their milder adventures.
Great thread!
Back then, I thought one of my life's ambitions was to travel the globe. Enter the onset of severe problems with motion sickness, claustrophobia (I can only stand being crammed in a tiny airplane seat for about 6 hours max,) and a general disdain for the expense and hassle that travel has become, and I've pretty much turned into a reluctant homebody.
Instead of going and seeing things like the pyramids in Egypt or the Great Wall of China like I dreamed of in the past, now I watch YouTube videos documenting sites that were formerly on my bucket list.
I also wasn't counting on being single, and figured I'd have a spouse to travel with. But that didn't pan out either.
However, I know a few other singles much more adventurous than I, and maybe with a little coaxing
, I might find myself tagging along on a few of their milder adventures. Great thread!
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However, I know a few other singles much more adventurous than I, and maybe with a little coaxing , I might find myself tagging along on a few of their milder adventures.
, I might find myself tagging along on a few of their milder adventures.
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I think I was too busy to ever have a mid-life crisis. Plus, despite a very far from perfect life, I was content in Christ. Because I didn't experience it, I don't really understand what leads a person down that path, but I suspect it has something to do with a feeling of missing out or lack of fulfillment in ones life. Despite the cross(es) that I bore in life and the difficulties I encountered along the way, I knew fulfillment in Christ and faithfully await an even greater fulfillment at a later time in the presence of our Savior.
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More than 10 years ago when i was going through a rough time at my job, i got into fitness phase for a couple of years and did a Spartan Race.
I did it to release all the frustration. In that journey i met a lot of other midlife crisis men who were trying to either escape something from their lives or maybe trying to show that they were "still young".
Overall, the race was good physically but since all problems arise from the mind, i had to address that eventually and not run around the problem anymore.
Which led me into a shift into mindset in regards to work and appreciation.
Glory to God for all things.
I did it to release all the frustration. In that journey i met a lot of other midlife crisis men who were trying to either escape something from their lives or maybe trying to show that they were "still young".
Overall, the race was good physically but since all problems arise from the mind, i had to address that eventually and not run around the problem anymore.
Which led me into a shift into mindset in regards to work and appreciation.
Glory to God for all things.
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Controversial Opinion
A mid-life crisis can happen at any age, but physically speaking, you start to get old when you reach 30 and when you're 40 you're definitely old.
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A mid-life crisis can happen at any age, but physically speaking, you start to get old when you reach 30 and when you're 40 you're definitely old.
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I'm as young and strong as 46 as I ever was.
That's my story and I'm stickin to it.
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