#24 Is It Really a Mid-Life Crisis — or Just the Grief of a Forgotten Dream?

You’re not too old. You’re not too late. And you’re definitely not done.

Since my mid-30s, people have occasionally suggested I might be going through a mid-life crisis — usually after I’ve done something like go cycling in the mountains of Europe, buy a new car, or get another soft tissue injury trying to beat my adult kids at basketball.

We tend to throw the phrase ‘mid-life crisis’ around in a joking way. It’s usually reserved for people in their 40s or 50s doing something that looks like they’re clinging to a fading youth — dyeing their hair, training for a marathon, buying something they’ve always wanted but never “needed.”

But I think there’s more to it than that....

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