It only gets better from here…

~ Live & Learn

middle-age

wsj.com – The Myth of the Midlife Crisis:

  • According to a growing body of research, midlife upheavals are more fiction than fact.
  • Life satisfaction reaches a low point around the mid-40s, perhaps due to stress associated with the simultaneous demands of work and family. But it rises after that.
  • Midlife, he adds, “is a surprisingly positive time of life.”

And yet, I can’t help but parrot Franz Kafka: “My condition is not unhappiness, but it is also not happiness, not indifference, not weakness, not fatigue, not another interest –so what is it then?”

22 thoughts on “It only gets better from here…”

  2. i have to say this rings very true for me, i am in the happiest and most peaceful place in my life. ever. life is simpler, and clear and joyful and filled with love. i am living it fully and am grateful every day.

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply

  6. I wonder if the perception of time, which moves more quickly as we age, allows a sense of trust that whatever is happening is part of a flow, less sticky, more fluid. Here today, gone tomorrow so letting go seems easier, even when memory doesn’t fail us.

    It’s ironic that I am happier now with the wrinkles and grey. Any youthful advantage I once had was too often under appreciated. Aging requires seeing beauty in places youth never looks.

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

    1. I read your thoughtful comment several times during the course of the day. What stuck Debra were the words “flow” and “less sticky” and “more fluid”. You have captured it. Squarely.

      Like

      Reply

  10. I think perhaps we realize in mid-life what makes us truly happy and we start making the necessary changes and modifications so that we have more of what makes us happy and less of that which pulls us down? That is an upheaval of sorts, yes, but in the best possible way. When one person changes, others around them have to change a little too. This post just makes me, well, happy. 🙂

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

  11. So many wise observations here. All I can say is that, with every passing year, I feel happier, my needs are clearer (and simpler) , and my “non-negotiables” more secure. There’s something about making peace with oneself that’s so liberating….

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

Leave a Reply