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On Mid-life crises

Having reached that point in my life where a mid-life crisis is imminent, I have been giving the matter some thought. As teenagers, we long for adulthood and the freedoms we believe it will bring. In our 20s we believe we have arrived. We are all grown up now. We can legally get shit-faced and we know everything there is to know. There is still room for improvement, however, as we keep one eye on our boss's job. In our 30s we realize we weren't really all that grown up in our 20s and but now we've got everything under control and life is good.

Then come the 40s. Reality sets in. It seems to me, from where I sit, a mid-life crisis is outward expression of the realization that we still aren't very grown up and, as a matter of fact, being a grown up is overrated.