Why do people often have a ‘mid-life crisis,’ and is it just a fancy way of saying they’ve hit a point where they finally realize they’ve been doing everything wrong?
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It’s funny. When I was young and careless, I leaned into challenging death all the time. Stupidly. But almost irresistibly.
Now that I’m older, I’d never get on a motorcycle. Are you kidding? When I push myself really hard, physically, I’ll take a minute and rest rather than push to exhaustion. I am far, far, less inclined to fight if challenged.
Counter-intuitive. You’d think when you’re young, you have so much ahead of you, so you wouldn’t be so quick to constantly play chicken with death and injury.
When you’re at middle-age, you do take stock of a lot of life experience. You’ve experienced the range of emotions. (Usually.) You’ve been hired, fired, promoted, jaded, loved, lost, been fooled, got smart, and see things others don’t. Changes perspective.
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