i haven't been in a real good mood lately (another way to say it would be that i haven't been myself). it's a combination of things. so if i normally interact with you and something seems off...it's not you, it's me.
update:
can you go through a mid-life crisis at 31? and what is a mid-life crisis?
second update in two minutes:
i guess if i only live to 62, this would be the perfect time for one.
3rd update:
it's almost 5. i'm happy i made it through the day. i think i'll go home and collapse, although i need to run 2 errands first.
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I have felt the same way lately Mike so I wont take it personally if you dont.
Wikipedia says: Midlife crisis is a term used to describe a period of dramatic self-doubt that is typically felt in the "middle years" of life, as people sense the passing of youth and the imminence of old age. Sometimes, transitions experienced in these years, such as aging in general, menopause, the death of parents, or children leaving home can trigger such a crisis. The result may be a desire to make significant changes in core aspects of day to day life or situation, such as in career, marriage, or romantic relationships.
i have a friend who subscribes to this theory that we all go through puberty more than once. it's an adolescence of sorts.
think about it. there comes a time when things start to change. circumstances change. people around us change. we change. and you're left wondering what you want to do with it all. who you want to be. what you want to be about. how you're going to figure it out, make it make sense...i think it's silly to think that happens only once in our lives when we turn 12.
so, own it. roll around in it a little. but then start figuring out the answers to all that stuff and make it happen.
and yeah. i'm sorry if that came off grossly presumptuous.
I agree with Miss Carly. I think we go through so many changes as adults that it is inevitable that we would feel like we face more than just the perscribed "midlife" crisis.
It is one of those misconceptions about life that we start believing in when we are young. Like after high school we will go to college and then when we graduate we will get our dream jobs in which we will feel fulfilled and also make a decent amount of money. Then we will find the love of our life and get married and have kids and live a life of bliss until we die surrounded by our adoring friends and family. The older I get the more I realize that things just arent that easy and there are obstacles to our happiness throughout life.
I dont mean to sound like a Debbie Downer either, but I think if I am more realistic I wont get dissapointed when I am 27, unmarried, no kids, not in my dream job but will be able to appreciate life as it is. The life I envisoned at this age is nothing close to the reality and I am ok with that because it means life is still suprising to me.
All I really wanted to say is that the majority of people have felt, will feel, do feel what you are feeling right now Mike and I know I always take comfort in knowing I am understood by others.
Now go buy a sports car and date an 18 year old...isnt that what guys do when they have a midlife crisis? Funny, women usually do something to better themselves...;)
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