Hi Friends,
We spent our twenties and thirties knocking down goals like bowling pins. We built careers, got married, bought a house, and started a family. We worked incredibly hard to check every single box on the list.
Checking all those boxes felt great, but it has also left us wondering about what’s next.
In this week's episode of The Most Important Thing (TMIT 48), we explore the psychology behind the midlife crisis and how to intentionally design your next decade. Perfect timing as D turns 40 next month!
The Research: Human happiness follows a U-curve, and it statistically hits rock bottom around age 47. We find ourselves managing aging parents and raising kids while experiencing massive hormonal shifts. We also start to realize our choices for the future are narrowing. A midlife crisis is ultimately a crisis of meaning.
Crossing the Chasm: While for many of us the first half of our lives has been about pursuit, the second half requires an intentional shift toward meaning. How are we going to cross that chasm?
The Pre-Mortem: Leveraging a popular corporate technique, we asked ourselves, “What might this look like in a few years if we have failed?” on our own marriage to understand how these crises may hit us individually, with reverberations for our marriage and family.
Listen here:
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Homer Simpson once coined the word “Crisitunity” to combine crisis and opportunity. He was definitely onto something, because that’s what this inflection point really is about.
Purple Lamborghini,
Danielle & Greg
