Baby Boomers are headed to this midlife crossroads. This is where (and when) these middle-aged adults come face to face with some tough realities, while their moment of opportunity quietly, and patiently, waits.
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Midlife Crossroads
Tag: Work
We All Have Addictions
We all have addictions.
“No we don’t”, is the echo we can hear from some of you.
“Yes we do”, is the echo we can hear from some others, including myself.
Is it hereditary? Click here to read this article that suggests it is.
Pick your poison:
Approval, chocolate, work, sex, TV, food, Internet, exercise, reading, pessimism, optimism, Love, Faith, Hope, Money, shopping, volunteering, excuses, greed, jealously, alcohol, drugs, caffeine, pain, pleasure, video games, gambling, competition, failure, success, nicotine, etc.
jeff noel Hates Vacation
Okay, so I made that up. But you know there are some people who actually hate vacation, because vacation takes them away from their medicine.
Huh? Yes, their medicine. As a workaholic myself, from a long line of workaholics, being busy and then suddenly not being busy, well, you can almost see the panic rush in.
And honestly, I’m having a moment right now that has me wondering, “How bad is my disease?” Today is the first day of a two-week vacation.
How will I function if I don’t have anything pressing at work?
Just for the record, I do NOT hate vacation, but here is the short list of things jeff noel does hate:
- Mosquitoes
- Cock Roaches
- Termites
- Whiners
Not Enough Time In The Day
It’s an old cliche, “There’s not enough time in the day”.
Amen.
Why? Not sure. It’s one of life’s big mysteries.
There are people, wise people indeed, who have figured out how to live without many things that you and I think are essential to happiness.
How did they do it? What do they know that we don’t?