What to do When Every Day Feels Like a Mid-life Crisis
It seems like I go through a major mid-life crisis every 5 years or so. It’s cool, I think. I mean isn’t that the whole point of personal development? I know. Some people will say that personal development is all about getting better and living a happier life.
True. But then again isn’t personal development about changing and changing for the better? I have found that anything worth having never comes easy. Hence every 5 years or so I find myself going through a mid-life crisis—or better I experience…
DEFINING MOMENTS.
It happens to all of us. For example, one day you find yourself sitting at your desk and realize that you hate the job you’re in and want to do something else.
Or you look at your unhappy life and KNOW you deserve better.
Or, as happened to a good friend of mine who realized that she’d rather be happy playing the piano the rest of her life than moving up in the high-powered world of business.
The truth is those thoughts don’t just pop up on THAT day. Those thoughts were most likely a long time coming—probably five years coming.
But there is a key to them. Those moments pass. You feel them. They exist. And then they’re gone.
What do you do about them?
The key is TAKING ACTION. Take action on those thoughts and feelings.
Because the truth is that thinking about something is NOT an action.
It can be ANY action at all. Don’t think that you can make a change right away. For example, if you think of quitting your job, start working on a new resume. That is an action. No need to get up and announce you’re quitting your job RIGHT NOW.
And to show that I don’t just talk the talk but walk the walk, I’ll tell you about action that I am taking. I have always wanted to show people how much FUN it can be to improve your life. I read a lot of blogs on personal development. I like 80% of what I read.
But personal development is HARD. And the only thing that keeps me striving to be a better person is a sense of humor about it. Without a sense of humor, you’ll feel like a failure more often than not (even when you DO succeed). I’ve tried injecting humor into this blog or making some wild comparisons (Doomsday Cults and overcoming disappointment and failure) to get you to think differently.
And now, I want to do more of that. I’ll take the actions necessary to turn this blog into an informative but fun place to come to. The first action was this post. Look for other actions to follow, including working with some colorful writers to help me inject some fun into all our lives.
