Monday night my wife and I went out to dinner with some good friends. Over dessert our conversation turned to men and their mid life crises’. This reminded me of a book I had read years ago while navigating my own mid life crisis. The final chapter of John Sterner’s “Growing Through Mid-Life Crisis” list seven valuable pointers for men. For years I had these helpful reminders pasted to my desk.1. Stop Trying to Figure it All Out
2. Don’t Look Back
3. Enjoy Yourself
4. Improve Yourself
5. Commit Yourself to a Cause
6. Involve Yourself with Others
7. Face the Facts, You are Getting Older
It was amazing how many times one of these seven simple tips would be exactly what I needed. As a matter of fact, they still speak to me, maybe they’ll speak to you as well, enjoy.
© Tom Zawacki 2007
Hey can you take me for a ride in your hot car Zawacki man. I love you.
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~ Keith
I laughed out loud when reading # 7...that one hurts!
ReplyDeleteI hadn't read this post when we saw each other. All of these things speak to me! This list is one that I'll have to post on bathroom mirror for a while, only I won't be able to find tape so it'll get written in lipliner directly on the mirror. Doesn't it seem wrong that a mid-life crisis help list for men will be written in lipliner ....
ReplyDeleteI'm more of a Peter Pan kind of guy. I'm thinking that if I ever go thru one of those I will buy myself a Camero, and then remember to check your blog.
ReplyDeleteGreat Post. Hope you had a fun trip back.