Cope or Quit? Facing a Mid-Career Crisis
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t the prospect of doing more of it, week after week, year after year, began to feel oppressive. stories of burnout, stasis, and regret in the midst of what seemed like success. middle age is, on average, the most difficult time of life. In 2008 the economists David Blanchflower and Andrew Oswald fou
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- t the prospect of doing more of it, week after week, year after year, began to feel oppressive.
- stories of burnout, stasis, and regret in the midst of what seemed like success.
- middle age is, on average, the most difficult time of life. In 2008 the economists David Blanchflower and Andrew Oswald found that self-reported life satisfaction takes the form of a gently curving U, beginning high in youth, bottoming out in our mid-40s, and then recovering as we get older.
- unfulfilled by their previous work.
- Turning to philosophy for help,
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