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[quote=Anonymous]Just turned 50. All things considered things are going well in life, have a good job, family, economically secure. But a few things are combining to make me abruptly feel like an "also ran" in the race of life, and like I've somehow dropped behind or dropped out. I don't know if it's just the age, the graying hair (I decided to stop dying after pandemic started), the fact that I stepped out of high-paced roles to work in a more stable job a few years ago and feel completely out of a world i used to be immersed in--and thus have lost all my connections and the whole field seems to be full of people 10 years younger, or maybe just feeling invisible because I literally don't get seen by people since I'm in the house all day. Watching older parents at the end of life also drives home how short the journey is, and, ultimately, everything you have done or been will be forgotten.

Anyone else feeling this? How do you cope? I've tried reading books about reinventing yourself at midlife but they all seem not helpful--I'm not going to run a marathon or get religion or take up painting or leave my husband for a man 15 years younger (although the last is tempting, hmmm....)

I remember I had a teacher who used to describe a mid-life crisis as thinking you were going to Miami but your flight got diverted to Cleveland instead. Frankly, I'm feeling like I'm on the greyhound bus stalled at the side of the freeway....please give your tips for a jumpstart![/quote]

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