Food for Thought
Middle adulthood is said to be the trickiest time in one’s life as it is time people start reassessing their lives and asking themselves whether there they could have done things differently. I think by the time I am getting in the middle adulthood stage, a lot will have happened like i will have already chosen a career, had a lot of experience while having fun and like most people, maybe I will have a marriage partner. In middle adulthood, people start to wonder whether they made the right decision, especially when obstacles start to affect their lives.
I expect it will not be any different for me. I will have to reassess my choices and my feelings concerning certain things in life. I will probably question my career and decision in hobbies. In middle adulthood is the time one is supposed to make changes that they believe will better their future life. I will have to change my hobbies, and I might be tempted to increase my knowledge and skills set. According to Lally (n.d) this time, one feels the need to solidify to change their values, goals, and articulate what they want to achieve shortly. It is time people realise they gave matured and need to find stability.
I have seen many adults in my life suffering from a midlife crisis. Most of these crises are attributed to being in an unstable relationship or marriage. This explains why the rate of divorce is high in people between 35-60 years old as they realise they are not happy with the choices they made in the past, especially concerning family and career.