These 2 positive activities can end your depressing mid-life crisis now

James Julian
5 min readMay 24, 2023

There is a stereotypical view, propagated by media and pop culture, of the common mid-life crisis.

Usually, it’s a grey-haired dude behind the wheel of a red sportscar on his way to hit on girls half his age.

The guy is seen as joyously chasing ridiculous passions as a way to compensate for his advancing age and dead dreams.

In fact, I think most people suffering from a mid-life crisis aren’t skydiving or getting cosmetic surgery.

They’re just stuck and sad. Depressed. Catatonic.

Faced with the fact half of their life is now behind them and with everything society says they should chase (career, house, spouse, kids) now chased, they are left to ask…

“Is this all there is?”

Is this the rest of my life? Working this boring job to pay this stupid mortgage and going through the motions of a personal life and relationships that have lost all passion?

While these mid-life doldrums may feel inescapable, I think there is a simple, two-step process to shake yourself loose.

I stumbled upon it myself by accident, but I can tell you with the utmost confidence: it works.

A hamster running on a wheel.
Modern life can feel like running on a hamster wheel. (Photo by Matt Bero on Unsplash)

The solution

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