I’m having a mid-life crisis and it’s right on time. I’m 38. Old enough to know that things don’t always turn out the way you planned. Young enough to regroup and move on. I’m not trying to recapture my youth. I’m trying to figure out what the hell to do with my adulthood.
I’m not sure what’s kept me bogged down for the past five years. It would be simple enough to blame my divorce or the economic turmoil that left me first unemployed and then underemployed. The reasons don’t really matter. Because there’s no excuse for spending the last five years just treading water and that’s basically what I’ve done.
That ends now. It’s time to start swimming.
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December 23, 2014 at 12:26 pm
I don’t know that that’s true, you know? Because I feel like now, I’m too old to start over somewhere else. If I try and do stuff that’s not TV news, I will either have to start at the beginning all over again or go back to school and THEN start at the beginning all over again. It’s pretty daunting.
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December 30, 2014 at 11:23 am
Hmm… I guess it depends how far you want to go away from what you’re currently doing. I made a move into HR this past year. It’s too soon to tell if that was the right move or if it’s going to pay off in the long run, but it was a change from what I was doing before. I would love to go back to school, but it’s just not feasible for me at this time.
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December 23, 2014 at 10:20 pm
Oh God. I know this. I KNOW THIS. For me it came down to the answer to : Which is worse, staying here, or stepping out? Take a chance. 38 isn’t too late. I am almost 42 and, hard as it is, going back to school and moving to D.C. is so much better than being stuck. Go for it.
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December 30, 2014 at 11:24 am
I really admire you. I can’t believe you’ve been in DC this long and I haven’t seen you in person yet. We should change that! Let’s make Kelly host. 😉
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February 4, 2015 at 11:50 pm
I like this idea!
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