"Consider it a warning shot from nature" – How the midlife crisis has been rebranded as an opportunity
"It isn’t the trappings of youth — trendy clothes and a hot girlfriend — but the vital stats of youth, that we seek" The sad truth is that the defining characteristic of the new ‘midlife opportunity’ is an intensifying of the anxiety that now has us all beset from our teenage years onwards, an anxiety around achievement, goals, demonstrable ability. We now measure and record our triathlon times and squat-counts the way we might once have shown off a new tattoo or concert tickets. To an extent, this is positive. Far better to be setting the alarm for 6am on a Saturday morning and cyc...
Source: independent.ie
