When most people hear the word “midlife,” they likely associate it with the word “crisis,” either knowingly or subconsciously. Some say that the midlife crisis is a myth, while others believe wholeheartedly that it’s real, it’s horrible and that every person going through midlife will experience it.
I happen to fall somewhere in the middle. While midlife crisis is a real thing, that doesn’t necessarily mean that everyone will experience a crisis. Yes, we can giggle at the jabs that society takes at midlifers and our destined crises – men buying red sports cars, wearing lots of gold chains and trading in the hideous comb over for an equally bad toupee, and women getting oodles of plastic surgery, dating younger men and giving her entire wardrobe an overhaul – but not everyone slams into crisis mode just because they’ve hit ‘that age.’
On this episode, I’m exploring the roots of the phrase, “midlife crisis,” how it’s become standard lingo in our society and how you can tell if you’re living midlife without the crisis.
