This is somewhat of a fairly negative post, so let me apologize now.
I have a lot of things to be happy about, and I am really struggling to feel happy. I should be grateful for all of the blessings I have, but instead I keep thinking about how much of my life has been wasted on fictional goals and trying to find something that I stand out in.
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posted by nidora
on Jan 21, 2013 -
26 answers
My wife (27) and I (30) are moving our small family (+2 year old son, -anything that won't fit in 6 suitcases) across the country to Portland, Oregon. In large part we're leaving all of our (supportive, loving) local family and friends looking for adventure and to consciously decide the sort of people we will be (Along with a serious upgrade of location from suburban Central Florida). Have others done a similar reset with themselves or their entire family? Any recommendations on how to be loving and charitable to family and friends while you are leaving and enjoying the next phase? Or pointers on how to meet and embrace a new set of friends and "family"?
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posted by stickwithjosh
on Jan 15, 2013 -
18 answers
What are some witty comebacks I can use when being accused of having a midlife crisis?
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posted by Beti
on Oct 29, 2012 -
43 answers
Hope this isn't triggering or anything, but I've got a ton of immediately convincing reasons to never open my mouth or pick up my guitar. Is anyone's up for contributing to my list of less-than-persuasive counterarguments?
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posted by nelljie
on Oct 21, 2012 -
37 answers
I desperately need to take my career in another direction, but my degree, training and experience are ridiculously specific. Is it the right time for grad school (again)… or something else? Help me think outside the box.
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 8, 2012 -
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I think I need to give up on my dreams and sell out. I don't feel like I can get on board with it emotionally and I think it's interfering with my chances at any kind of success.
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posted by Luke Skywalker
on Sep 11, 2012 -
35 answers
I'm pretty sure am asking a question that has been well answered for The most part before.
For the first time in 25 years i've wanted to purchaser a new auto,specifically the John Cooper Works Mini Clubman.
Is the john cooper package wroth it compare to the regular Clubman or Cooper S C (sorry don.t care about MPG)
How do I negotiate the best price.
Thanks
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posted by Carbolic
on May 9, 2012 -
15 answers
I have a timeline, a rough plan, various ways to get out of financial entanglements, but I need a purpose and I'm spoiled for choice and I need to figure out how to find out who I am and what I want to do (Yes, very much mid-life crisis-ville).
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posted by kalessin
on Feb 7, 2012 -
11 answers
I don't know what to do. Is my marriage doomed? My husband loves another woman and says he loves me too.
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 28, 2011 -
75 answers
So I'm looking for stories of people who took up art or some other interesting practice later in life, say after 40, and did really well at it.
Grandma Moses is the typical example of late-life artistic accomplishment. Are there others we might not have heard of?
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posted by mecran01
on Sep 20, 2010 -
21 answers
32 year old web developer seeks new job before this one drives him insane. Where can I go from here...?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 12, 2010 -
3 answers
What field am I supposed to be in? I always tested very well, went to an Ivy League school and got both computer science and liberal arts degrees...
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 9, 2009 -
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Get a PhD by 50, or go to pastry school? I'm having a midlife crisis and am considering returning to school instead of launching another business. (Launching another business is already in the planning stages, but no hard commitments have been made.) I've been accepted to a graduate program for neuroscience that will let me do masters work and doctorate work at the same time. On the other hand...culinary school is calling to me...daring me to become a pastry chef.
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posted by dejah420
on Aug 8, 2009 -
45 answers
Help me determine how best to go out seeking therapy so I can improve my life. For example, what type of therapist should I get (psychologist? life coach? psychiatrist? other?) and how should I approach it to get maximum benefit?
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posted by anonymous
on May 13, 2009 -
15 answers
I need career advice on how to become a graphic designer when I'm already a grown up. Bonus & intertwined question: can you help me see if I am on the path toward being screwed at my current job?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 3, 2008 -
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I have worked in human resources for 15 years (financial services and biotech industries) as a a manager/senior manager and am feeling a bit burnt on the office experience. I very much value the experience of providing counseling and training because I enjoy the process of problem solving with another person. Here's the question... I am 41 and considering going back to school, getting my teaching certificate and bailing out of corporate life. Has anyone else gone through the corporate office to school teacher transition? What was it like? What hadn't you anticipated?
posted by Mmothra
on Aug 24, 2007 -
7 answers
Where is age 38 in regards to college and professional career tracks in the US? Does this tip towards the young or old side of the fulcrum?
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posted by chef_boyardee
on Jul 18, 2007 -
13 answers
Pre-mid life crisis. Early 30's male with a strong desire to travel, but constraints of life make it hard to do. Want to consider a career change that involves international traveling as a part of it. (a lot more inside. Come on in though, it's a good read)
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posted by wile e
on Jun 6, 2007 -
21 answers
Are Harley-Davidsons for poseurs and mid-life crisis yuppies only, or can low key folks like me ride on without fear of getting that stigma assigned to them too?
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posted by Tommy Gnosis
on Apr 23, 2007 -
36 answers
EightiesFilter: Where can I buy LEGAL song downloads of slightly(?)-out-of-the-mainstream eighties artistes like The Brains, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Tonio K., The Church ("The Unguarded Moment"
full band studio version) for my iPod?
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posted by ZenMasterThis
on Oct 16, 2006 -
10 answers
I'm in my mid-30s and am feeling like I need to find a career/professional mentor. But I'm a mid-career (7+ years) web designer/producer. How do I find a mentor in a field that's not much older than my job?
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posted by dw
on Oct 7, 2006 -
7 answers
Thinking of moving to India for an extended period of time - has anyone here done this?
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posted by Mutant
on Aug 13, 2006 -
10 answers
