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Over 47? Have you gone through midlife transformation?

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Over 47? Have you gone through midlife transformation?

#1
The age of 47 is said to be the bottom of the midlife crisis U curve.

Have you gone through this? If so, was it a period of professional transformation for you? How did you transform? Or, after a period of turmoil, did you eventually stay in your previous role? How did it relate to your personal life?

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#5
At 49 I left my IT job to join an incubator and grow my sideline business of 15 years. That lasted about 9 months and since then I have become a Lecturer in Computing in Further Education. I love my new job. It has many freedoms and also challenges. Freedoms around hours and challenges around your "users" being 3 feet in front of you.

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#7

I had my midlife crisis as a student in Cornwall, listening to Pink Floyd's Wish you were here, in the bath. It lasted about 45 mins.

Listening to welcome to the machine after drinking and smoking herb all day (I didn't smoke) I have recurring visions of throwing up in my friends sink at uni with that in the background.

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#8

I got a new, better, improved wife out of mine. And I became a better person overall. Also 47 seems a bit high. Women go through a midlife crisis around 35-38 years old, men tend to have theirs in the early 40s.

Women's crisis in this case would be linked to when they reach the end of child-bearing age? Men's would more likely relate to their circumstances e.g. I had children relatively late so my mid-life crisis will be later...

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#9
post #5

At 49 I left my IT job to join an incubator and grow my sideline business of 15 years. That lasted about 9 months and since then I have become a Lecturer in Computing in Further Education. I love my new job. It has many freedoms and also challenges. Freedoms around hours and challenges around your "users" being 3 feet in front of you.

Did the incubator help? Are you still running the side business?
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