A midlife career pivot can feel less like a bold reinvention and more like trying to work out what still fits. There is a particular kind of career restlessness that can appear in midlife. It is not always caused by a bad job. Sometimes the job is stable, the people are decent, and the salary … Read more
From the outside, there is often very little to complain about. Work is stable, the bills are being paid, the children are healthy, and most responsibilities are being handled reasonably well. Life appears to be functioning exactly as it should. In many ways, it resembles the version of adulthood you spent years working towards. Yet … Read more
Feeling stuck in midlife is more common than most men admit — not because something has gone wrong, but because nothing has gone obviously wrong. There’s rarely a dramatic turning point. Careers are stable. Family life continues to function. Health is generally acceptable. From the outside, life appears to be working exactly as intended. Yet … Read more