Midlife Crisis

This isn't too personal, but I really feel like when I turned 30 that I started going through a midlife crisis, i.e. a renewed focus on the gym, wanting to get a bullet bike, etc.

Here's what wikipedia says about the matter:

For the approximately 10% of middle aged adults who go through an age-related midlife crisis, the condition is most common ranging from the ages of 35-50 (a large study in the 1990s^[5] found that the average age at onset of a self-described midlife crisis was 46). Mid life crises last about 3-10 years in men and 2-5 years in women.

A midlife crisis could be caused by aging itself, or aging in combination with changes, problems, or regrets over:

• work or career
• spousal relationships
• maturation of children
• aging or death of parents
• physical changes associated with aging

Midlife crises seem to affect men and women differently. Researchers^[6] have proposed that the triggers for mid-life crisis differ between men and women, with male mid-life crisis more likely to be caused by work issues.

Some have hypothesized that another cause of the male mid-life crisis is the imminent menopause of the female partner and end of her reproductive career.^[7] This renews the need for the man to attract younger women.

Individuals experiencing a mid-life crisis are said to have some of these feelings:

• search of an undefined dream or goal
• a deep sense of remorse for goals not accomplished
• desire to achieve a feeling of youthfulness
• need to spend more time alone or with certain peers

They are said to exhibit some of these behaviors:

• abuse of alcohol
• conspicuous consumption -- acquisition of unusual or expensive items such as clothing, sports cars, jewellery, gadgets, tattoos, motorbikes, etc.
• depression
• paying special attention to physical appearance

I don't abuse alcohol, sometimes I have conspicuous consumption (more like binges of sugar loaded food products), there's the motorbike. Sometimes I feel depressed and I definitely have paid special attention to physical appearance lately.

I also was released from the Bishopric, got a new career, bought a new house and all my friends are going to be either moving or we're moving and will be leaving them behind.

I feel so sorry for my poor wife, she is so patient to put up with me. ;)