I wonder if I'm nearing my "mid life crisis"

I'm not doing anything crazy but I'm getting to a point in my life where I realize that there are things I want to do and some of those things should just be done....instead of thinking about them. I mean...why wait? Why not just do stuff and buy stuff now. I've always been very frugal so this is a bit new to my mind. I'm just thinking out loud here.

 

I Cannot Give Any Accurate Advice Till I Know How Olde You Are....?



Cheers Glen.

 

Nah. I don't think you're having a midlife crisis. I think once people mature they just realize that they've been waiting their whole lives for certain things to happen and they won't happen on their own. Sometimes you need to create your opportunities. For instance, if someone wanted a BMW they should buy one. Chances are they won't win one in a contest somewhere. I think we realize how fast life slips by once we are in our 30's and approaching 40 or 50 or 60. We spend the first 30 years waiting for life to begin and waiting for things to happen. At a certain age you realize that things don't "just happen". You have to make things happen. That's all.

 

I'm 38, Glen. But I'm coming out of parenthood which started at a very young age for me.

 

Coincidentally...yes...I want a sweet BMW. I even know which one I want and it is really cool. I just don't think it will happen because I'm too much of a tightass. My wife will probably have a car like that before I ever do.

 

When I Hit Middle Age I Bought A Benz...

BMW's Suck Crusty Balls...



Cheers Glen.

 

Building a Bat-mobile would be cooler but I gave up on that idea a couple of years ago.

 

just get a pet bat and keep it in the car with you. name it Larry. get two and use the HOV lanes.

 

I'm pretty sure I had my midlife crisis a couple years ago. In fact, I think I'm still having it.

 

Maybe I had mine when I turned 33 and decided that was the time to color my hair blue. I would still be going through it also.

 

What are you waiting for?

time to step it up and do you want

the only one holding you back is you

mid-life crisis pheno is so cliche

how about? I wanna do some shit and come hell or high water I am going to do it, a new focus, a new way of being

 

If you believe that doing those things that you've always wanted to do will make you happy and not cause any harm, why not do them.

Look at all of these youngsters having midlife crisis! I'm 45, but I don't think I'm feeling it yet.

 

There's also a thing called a quarter-life crisis. If you're 25 and say you're having a mid-life crisis does that mean you only intend to live to 50?

 

I totally had a quarter life crisis. 25 was the only age I had a problem with. I was really bummed about it. Now I look back and think it was silly. How stupid. 25 is so young. I don't even care about my age now. I'll be 35 in....counts on fingers and toe....11 days and I don't care who knows my age anymore. I tell everybody. I know in the grand scheme of things 35 seems young buy my mom died at 49 so I don't really take any day for granted.

 

Ha, I guess i should be experiencing my end of life crisis. 20 yrs ago I never imagined that I would make it this far.

 

Wow, sorry Ruby. That is a good point. I think anything under the age of 60 is young but it's true that people die before they age, still we usually think of people dying at older ages and I think (though I could be wrong) most people expect to reach old-age, which is like 70+. I tend to think of mid-life as 50-60. Once people retire it seems they often still have a hell of a lot of life left, or at least the potential of a lot of fun-filled life, so I guess that's why I think of youth and old-age the way I do.

I know some happy, healthy, adventurous older people. It's nice to see.

 

My dad is 68 and fits that description. It's weird because I don't think of him as older. He's still very young and crazy at heart.

 

Yeah, I have a few people over the age of 70 who don't seem to be "old" at all. But I also know some people just over 50 who act like they're so old and fragile they can't do anything but sit in a rocking chair and talk about the weather. *shrugs*

 

HAHAHA oh my god, one of my best friends is 35 and seriously acts like she's 80. They go to bed by like 9:30 every night. They come to a party at my house and leave by 9 when everyone else is here until like 3 am. She won't even come to a new years eve party because they are always in bed before midnight. We all call her the old woman. It's not so much about the number as it is about the personality.

 

Well I envy your friend who goes to sleep early, but you gotta make some exceptions...holidays and special occasions call for late nights, but I'd love to regularly go to sleep early.