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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am having a similar experience--watching younger, more ambitious people jump into positions I thought i would have been considered for. I went for a more financially stable job years ago, so I have regular hours and good money, we bought a home and we have everything we need. But now somehow all the STUFF and being out in the suburbs is making me also feel like I'm on some lone island. At the beginning of COVID I was glad to be out of the city, and at times during all the chaos of the last couple months I have wanted to shut it all out. But I also feel like somehow I traded my dreams for a minivan and a garage full of clutter we never use. That Talking Heads song keeps going through my head...this is not my beautiful house, this is not my beautiful wife...my god, what have I done!?![/quote]

I also have that song on my repeat list.  I joke to myself that I should get a bumper sticker for my minivan that says “I exchanged a walk-on role in the war for a lead role in a cage!”  It helps to keep my sense of humor.  Someone posted a while ago a study finding that, at least for women, happiness is at its lowest point at age 48.  So, it’s like basically science.  I figure in a few years my hormones will even out, my kids sill either be on a good college tracks or it’ll be clear I should trade their 529 in for a good defense lawyer retainer, and i’ll be ready to just entirely give up on my looks and settle into looking like Miss Marple.  I’ve also decided to mentally plan on retiring at 60.  If I get to 60 and change my mind, that’s fine, but the idea of having another 20+ years in the workforce is too overwhelming. [/quote]

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