Aging OT: how to identify and manage the mid life crisis

The quicker that you realize that your life doesn't matter in the grand scheme, the quicker you'll learn to not give a shite

You might even decide to call it quits early

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This isn't a thread for the young noobs among us

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Well that rules out about 3 people.

I believe the options are dating younger women or developing a deep interest in the Civil War.

You make the call

must fricking suck

Focus on not leaving a mess foe your kids.

Mid 40s , just trying to get off the hamster wheel as soon as possible… Cant imagine working in my 50s and 60s, so im getting my passive income streams in order (investments, crypto, TSLA, et al) so that i wont have to work much longer.. Started working on family construction sites at 9 yrs old, so almost 40 yrs in the workforce, and im tired.. As for my health, I think early retirement will help with stress.. i run and workout 4 or 5 times per week, dont drink much and and take zero medications for anything.. i think (hope) i have a good 30 or 40 more years in me, so at thsi point it’s just a matter of , like the old ‘80s song says- “Holding Back the Years.”

The way i look at it, those amongst us who are ‘old timers’ are actually really lucky.. not everyone gets to live to an advanced age.. i have earned each one of my 40 plus years.. and it eventually happens to everyone, even people reading this here who are in their 20s or 30s.. but ONLY if youre lucky .

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What if god was one of us, just a slob like one of us… just a stranger… on a bus

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I'm gonna' nerd out here, but that was a fairly terrible song on an otherwise FANTASTIC album. Her label should be castrated for releasing that song first and making people think the rest was like that.

St. Teresa

Right Hand Man

Spiderweb

Early Recordings Live

Whew. Enjoy.

That said, I haven't really run into any of those issues. Turning 52 this summer and feel fine. Did start needing reading glasses a few years ago, and that sucked hard since I'd never needed glasses before, but honestly it's been fine. There are times when I kind of wish I felt "older" whatever that means. Basically still feel much the same as I did in college.

I have been doing keto and lost about 35lbs. I feel better and not so sluggish.

My marriage is mostly good. I don’t feel like anyone is always happy and marriages have their ups and downs, the grass is rarely greener., work it out.

I am not financially where I want to be for retirement, but I have time and am working on that.

I have 2 kids that are out of the house and on their way to success and two more to go. I feel that I can accomplish that.

I own a small business and own a boat. I am comfortable with what I make and what I own. I don’t make OT baller money and probably not as much as most would claim, but that’s ok.

I love where I live and have lots of friends within walking distance that we interact with on a regular basis. I feel lucky to have the friends and family close as none of us grew up in the area.

I look and feel younger than I am. A lot of my friends are going gray and while I welcome it, I am not.

I have learned not to worry about things that are not of my control. While this is a hard one, stress is a lot harder. Everything will be alright. Let it go.