All right, guys, in this episode, we are going to be talking about midlife crises in men, the definitive survival guide.

A midlife crisis feels like getting hit by a ton of bricks.

One day you get up from your desk and look out of the windows of your work.

And just like that, you realize that you're stuck with your life.

Years have gone by and you don't have a purpose that calls you.

You still work a mundane job in a faceless corporation.

Your relationship is stagnant.

Your kids are becoming teenagers and seem disconnected from you.

And really, the only thing you look forward to in the morning is sitting alone with your coffee and scrolling through social media.

Every single one of these realizations hits you in the face like a

punch from Muhammad Ali, and they just keep coming and coming. For others, it feels more like you're

stuck in the bottom part of an oversized hourglass. Sand in the form of small, annoying issues just

keep drizzling down on you. It's never a big deal as it happens, but slowly it's starting to build up. It reaches

your knees, then your waist, then your neck, until it covers your face slowly suffocating you.

There you are, unable to move, desperately gasping for the little air that's left in your life.

Whether it's a rapid succession of punches or the slow dribble of sand, the result

is the same. You have now officially arrived in your midlife crisis. So what even is a midlife crisis?

He wasn't the first guy to experience it, but he coined the term Canadian psychologist Elliot

Jaquise, went through a rough period of hopelessness and questions himself

at the tender age of 36. Since then, the concept has gained traction and in essence describes a period

roughly in the middle of a guy's life that can be anywhere between 35 and 55, that is marked by

existential questions and doubts about life and his own future.

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