Rephrasing the midlife crisis. Midlife skibidi, anyone?
Here's a topic for you: midlife crisis. It might not be the sexiest topic, yet it's so very relevant. This is where I'm at, and almost everyone I speak with is dealing with it.
For years, we've been working towards goals like finishing degrees, getting jobs, promotions, trips around the world, maybe marriages, maybe children, owning property, and so on. And now, most of us have achieved those professional and personal goals and find ourselves at a crossroads in our early to mid-forties.
What's next? Was this what I thought life would be when I was 40+? At 25, what did I want and expect of myself? And why aren't we all happy and content but continue striving for more? More of what, actually? It's not just the drive to achieve more that makes us restless. It's a general feeling that we are not getting any younger, that most significant decisions have already been made, and this is it for forever if we don't make any changes now.
What big changes are there left to make? You can finish your degree, quit your job, return to school, change professions, make those trips, check off that bucket list or make other life decisions. Whatever you choose, you better make sure you stand behind it wholeheartedly. This is it. Don't get scared now.
Back to the term midlife crisis. I'm not too fond of it. I did learn a new word this week. Skibidi. If you know what that means, you are either Gen Alpha or a parent of a Gen Alpha kid. Obviously, I'm the latter. To describe my current state of mind, skibidi is a good fit. It sounds perky, but it's a negative. I thought I would apply it and use it to rephrase the midlife crisis. Midlife skibidi. How's that?
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