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FULL-LIFE CRISIS
“I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well."
-Diane Ackerman
Many men go through a phase when they take a hard look at the life they're living. They think they could be happier, and if they need to make a big change, they feel the urge to do it soon. These thoughts cause a mid-life crisis.
"A true midlife crisis usually involves changing your entire life in a hurry", says Calvin Colarusso, MD, a clinical professor of psychiatry a t the University of California San Diego.
All of us, women included, have at some point thought about where we are in comparison with where we want to be. It can be a depressing thought, but the good news is that with careful planning (and not rash action), you can improve your life with hard work.
Learn all you can, do all you can, and pace yourself realistically. Start now, and at the end of your life, you will have no regrets.