Mid-life crisis
Do you think you may be having a mid-life or even a quarter-life crisis?
Have great paying job but the money just does not matter to you like it used to?
You feel that you can and should be doing something that brings you personal satisfaction and gratification?
Do you go through each day feeling like you are seeing shades of grey rather than the vibrant colors you saw just a few years ago?
Do you feel as though you are walking through life numb or dead and just waiting for the grave to catch up?
The term mid-life crisis means different things to different people. However, the one common theme seems to be a growing feeling of self-doubt and a certain sense of dissatisfaction with the direction of ones life.
Self-doubt may manifest itself in any number of different guises including the feeling that you’re in the wrong job, married to the wrong person, underpaid, looking older or that you’re wasting your innate potential and time is running out.
There isn’t an exact scientific around mid or quarter life crisis, but the fact is, that millions of people feel like they are going through one or the other at any given point in time. It is simply that deeper part of you that you have become aware of.
Unfortunately, for many people they look outside themselves for the solutions at this time. The stereotypical images of a middle aged guy driving a sports car and chasing younger women and the middle aged women lusting after the Pilates trainer and drinking too much wine in the afternoon, does not help matters.
Few people fall into either of those categories. However, the sheer fact that they exist makes some people reluctant to admit that they may be encountering one for fear of not measuring up or losing control in some area of life.
Saying it’s a natural part of growing up may be somewhat of a stretch, it certainly isn’t a stretch to say that it’s very common and can actually be helpful in the long-term if taken in the context of a time for self development.
In my opinion, a mid-life crisis is a wake up call. It’s your true self saying OK, enough is enough, This is not what was intended for this life let’s get on track. The people that miss the messages end up unsatisfied and longing for more without any idea how to go about getting it.
The key though is to listen to your inner voice and not bury it beneath a pile of logic as to why things just can’t and won’t change.
There is a part of you that knows what you need to find at this time to settle your doubts and fears. Its time for you to find your way to the purpose that you were intended. You already have the answers inside you.
A life coach can help you work out what it is you really desire and what will make you content with the journey of life, waking up everyday because you have a meaningful purpose rather than because you’re alarm just went off.
