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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I wouldn’t say “did wrong.” Probably for most people it’s a feeling that they’re at the last point of their life where they can make big changes, before it becomes impossible/ridiculous, even if – maybe especially if – you’d always done the “right’ things. You went into IT out of college because it seemed more practical or lucrative than being a pastry chef or whatever. You married the person who seemed “safe” when you were 26, or felt like you’d never do any better. You always bought sensible sedans that got good gas mileage, never the muscle car you loved when you were 16. You live in a quiet city with reasonable cost of living, and never got to tend bar in a beach town. Whatever.
Problem isn’t deciding to go after those things; it’s when people do them in an impulsive, irresponsible way that hurts others.
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