Walking into a room in my own home, which I have owned for close to 20 years, has become an adventure. I walk in and promptly forget what I went in there for. Looking around, I wonder whether I came into my bedroom for something mundane like socks or, hang on, was it to grab …
Can a midlife crisis actually be a good thing?
‘Good’ is not a word I would use to describe a midlife crisis. There are many other words I could use but these would be too rude to mention on a blog. I may use those words while, for example, speaking to another midlifer while downing a Mojito or something similarly midlifery like but I …
My midlife dislike of November
Word of warning. This post is going to be rather downbeat. November does that to me. It didn’t always. Then midlife hit and the rolling of time got to me. November is a particular trigger because it is so close to the end of another year. The sense of getting older is exaggerated by the …
Three Financial Pitfalls To Avoid In Midlife
According to Wikipedia, midlife is from age 45 to 65 years. Going by that definition, the UK’s middle-aged population continues to expand annually. And at this life stage, most people first get diagnosed with an illness, are twice likely to commit suicide, or face profound money problems. Additionally, as they face financial hardship, some are …
“Wearing a mask smudges my lipstick”
A midlife woman, you have read that right, who really ought to have moved as far away from the debilitating condition known as vanity given her age (50s), told me that she doesn’t like wearing a mask because it ‘smudges my lipstick‘. Stupidity is something that I find hard to tolerate but a hyper level …