Midlife
noun
The period of your life when you are not young anymore, but not old yet, usually from age 40 to 60.
He bought a sports car as part of his midlife crisis.
Often appears as...
- midlife crisis
- midlife transition
adjective
Relating to the middle period of one's life, often defined as the years from 40 to 60.
Many people start to question their life choices during their midlife years.
Often appears as...
- midlife crisis
- midlife career change
noun
The period of your life when you are not young anymore, but not old yet, usually from age 40 to 60.
He bought a sports car as part of his midlife crisis.
Often appears as...
- midlife crisis
- midlife transition
adjective
Relating to the middle period of one's life, often defined as the years from 40 to 60.
Many people start to question their life choices during their midlife years.
Often appears as...
- midlife crisis
- midlife career change
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Pro Tip 1/3Life Review
During midlife, people often reflect on past achievements and future goals.
At midlife, she began a journey of self-discovery.
Pro Tip 2/3Crisis Stereotype
The term 'midlife crisis' can stereotype adults as being unhappy and making impulsive decisions.
His new hobby is not a midlife crisis, it's just a new interest.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Variability
The concept of midlife can vary greatly in different cultures and societies.
In some cultures, midlife is a time for taking on significant community roles.
Pro Tip 1/3Life Review
During midlife, people often reflect on past achievements and future goals.
At midlife, she began a journey of self-discovery.
Pro Tip 2/3Crisis Stereotype
The term 'midlife crisis' can stereotype adults as being unhappy and making impulsive decisions.
His new hobby is not a midlife crisis, it's just a new interest.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Variability
The concept of midlife can vary greatly in different cultures and societies.
In some cultures, midlife is a time for taking on significant community roles.
Pro Tip 1/3Life Review
During midlife, people often reflect on past achievements and future goals.
At midlife, she began a journey of self-discovery.
Pro Tip 2/3Crisis Stereotype
The term 'midlife crisis' can stereotype adults as being unhappy and making impulsive decisions.
His new hobby is not a midlife crisis, it's just a new interest.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Variability
The concept of midlife can vary greatly in different cultures and societies.
In some cultures, midlife is a time for taking on significant community roles.
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What baby boomers can...
we're actually working later into life, and yet we're feeling less and less relevant. Some of us feel like a carton of milk -- an old carton of milk -- with an expiration date stamped on our wrinkled foreheads. For many of us in midlife, this isn't just a feeling,
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The Secret to Mastering...
Forget the midlife crisis, we all face the whenever-life crisis. But here's what causes so much anxiety. We still expect our lifequakes to unfold on a predictable timetable, like birthdays that end in zero. We're all still haunted by the ghost of linearity.
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Jane Fonda: Life's third...
that's been added to our lifespan. And yet, for the most part, our culture has not come to terms with what this means. We're still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch. That's the metaphor, the old metaphor. You're born, you peak at midlife
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What you don't know...
through hot flashes and midlife crises and a cumulative 50-pound weight gain, until that far-off day, when one of them is finally able to rest in peace. You know, because they can't hear the snoring anymore. And then they'll get stupid drunk
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Lessons Learned From...
light comes on that comes on for most of us that are midlife crisis I'd managed to get mine quite early and it said you don't have to be old to be dead so if there's something that really grabs you something you really care about and you
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What you don't know...
to honor and cherish each other through hot flashes and midlife crises and a cumulative 50 pound weight gain until that far-off day when one of them is finally able to rest in peace you know cuz they can't hear this snoring anymore
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Why 30 is not the new 20...
The post-millennial midlife crisis isn't buying a red sports car. It's realizing you can't have that career you now want. It's realizing you can't have that child you now want, or you can't give your child a sibling.
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Thoughts on humanity,...
and I started to feel that I could not be who I wanted to be or say what I actually thought, and humanity at this time completely identified with me. I think both of us were going through our midlife crisis,
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How menopause affects...
which is a slow and pretty much symptom-free process, of course. Women's estrogens, on the other hand, start fading in midlife, during menopause, which is anything but symptom-free.
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Robert Waldinger: What...
find that they are less happy, their health declines earlier in midlife, their brain functioning declines sooner and they live shorter lives than people who are not lonely.
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What baby boomers can...
we're actually working later into life, and yet we're feeling less and less relevant. Some of us feel like a carton of milk -- an old carton of milk -- with an expiration date stamped on our wrinkled foreheads. For many of us in midlife, this isn't just a feeling,
Video examples
The Secret to Mastering...
Forget the midlife crisis, we all face the whenever-life crisis. But here's what causes so much anxiety. We still expect our lifequakes to unfold on a predictable timetable, like birthdays that end in zero. We're all still haunted by the ghost of linearity.
Video examples
Jane Fonda: Life's third...
that's been added to our lifespan. And yet, for the most part, our culture has not come to terms with what this means. We're still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch. That's the metaphor, the old metaphor. You're born, you peak at midlife
Video examples
What you don't know...
through hot flashes and midlife crises and a cumulative 50-pound weight gain, until that far-off day, when one of them is finally able to rest in peace. You know, because they can't hear the snoring anymore. And then they'll get stupid drunk
Video examples
Lessons Learned From...
light comes on that comes on for most of us that are midlife crisis I'd managed to get mine quite early and it said you don't have to be old to be dead so if there's something that really grabs you something you really care about and you
Video examples
What you don't know...
to honor and cherish each other through hot flashes and midlife crises and a cumulative 50 pound weight gain until that far-off day when one of them is finally able to rest in peace you know cuz they can't hear this snoring anymore
Video examples
Why 30 is not the new 20...
The post-millennial midlife crisis isn't buying a red sports car. It's realizing you can't have that career you now want. It's realizing you can't have that child you now want, or you can't give your child a sibling.
Video examples
Thoughts on humanity,...
and I started to feel that I could not be who I wanted to be or say what I actually thought, and humanity at this time completely identified with me. I think both of us were going through our midlife crisis,
Video examples
How menopause affects...
which is a slow and pretty much symptom-free process, of course. Women's estrogens, on the other hand, start fading in midlife, during menopause, which is anything but symptom-free.
Video examples
Robert Waldinger: What...
find that they are less happy, their health declines earlier in midlife, their brain functioning declines sooner and they live shorter lives than people who are not lonely.
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Jane Fonda
American Actress
I spent a good deal of time going back over my childhood, my midlife, to try to understand who I was. We're supposed to be complete and whole, and you can't be whole if you're trying to be perfect. Doing a life review helped me get over the disease to please.
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John Cameron Mitchell
American Actor
Some people go off to an ashram or they, you know, have a midlife crisis and buy a sports car. For me, I do 'Hedwig,' and I see it's a midlife crisis maybe, and I see what's next. And it's a good trampoline, maybe, into the next part of my life.
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Jane Pauley
American Journalist
At midlife, I think a woman has more in common with her teenage children than anybody else. We all are kind of uncertain. We realize for the first time in either our lives or decades that we're in charge now.
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David Bowie
English Musician
Everything I read about hitting a midlife crisis was true. I had such a struggle letting go of youthful things and learning how to exist and have enthusiasm while settling into the comfort of an older age.
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Harry Connick, Jr.
American Musician
You know what's funny? I don't ever feel the need to escape. I have a strong marriage. I like my life. You hear about these guys having midlife crises - I don't see that happening to me.
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Mika
British Musician
I say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.
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Kyle Gass
American Musician
I am such a desperate man headed into a midlife crisis.
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Edward Norton
American Actor
My generation is having its midlife crisis in its 20s.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
In midlife, we're as dumb as we get.
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Patrick Marber
English Writer
I did have a midlife crisis.
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Jane Fonda
American Actress
I spent a good deal of time going back over my childhood, my midlife, to try to understand who I was. We're supposed to be complete and whole, and you can't be whole if you're trying to be perfect. Doing a life review helped me get over the disease to please.
Quote examples
John Cameron Mitchell
American Actor
Some people go off to an ashram or they, you know, have a midlife crisis and buy a sports car. For me, I do 'Hedwig,' and I see it's a midlife crisis maybe, and I see what's next. And it's a good trampoline, maybe, into the next part of my life.
Quote examples
Jane Pauley
American Journalist
At midlife, I think a woman has more in common with her teenage children than anybody else. We all are kind of uncertain. We realize for the first time in either our lives or decades that we're in charge now.
Quote examples
David Bowie
English Musician
Everything I read about hitting a midlife crisis was true. I had such a struggle letting go of youthful things and learning how to exist and have enthusiasm while settling into the comfort of an older age.
Quote examples
Harry Connick, Jr.
American Musician
You know what's funny? I don't ever feel the need to escape. I have a strong marriage. I like my life. You hear about these guys having midlife crises - I don't see that happening to me.
Quote examples
Mika
British Musician
I say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.
Quote examples
Kyle Gass
American Musician
I am such a desperate man headed into a midlife crisis.
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Edward Norton
American Actor
My generation is having its midlife crisis in its 20s.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
In midlife, we're as dumb as we get.
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Patrick Marber
English Writer
I did have a midlife crisis.
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