Mid-life Crisis

Do you think you may be having a mid-life or even a quarter-life crisis?

The term mid-life crisis means different things to different people as does the newer term, quarter-life crisis. However, the one common theme seems to be a growing feeling of self-doubt and a certain sense of dissatisfaction with the direction of ones life.

Self-doubt may manifest itself in any number of different guises including the feeling that you're in the wrong job, married to the wrong person, underpaid, looking older or that you're wasting our innate potential and time is running out.

There isn't an exact scientific around mid or quarter life crisis, but the fact is, that millions of people feel like they are going through one or the other at any given point in time.

Unfortunately, the stereotypical images of a middle aged guy driving a sports car and chasing younger women and the middle aged women lusting after the Pilates trainer and drinking too much wine in the afternoon, does not help matters.

Few people fall into either of those categories. However, the sheer fact that they exist makes some people reluctant to admit that they may be encountering one for fear of looking ridiculous.

Nothing could be further from the truth. Whereas saying it's a natural part of growing up may be somewhat of a stretch, it certainly isn't a stretch to say that it's very common and can actually be helpful in the long-term.

In my opinion, a mid or quarter life crisis is a call to action. It's your unconscious mind saying OK, enough is enough, I want more from life now go out and get it for me!

The key though is to listen to your unconscious and not bury it beneath a pile of reasons why things just can't and won't change.

A life coach can help you work out what it is you really want and what will make you content with life, waking up everyday because you have a meaningful purpose rather than because you're alarm just went off.