AND ANOTHER THING

OK here’s my question - what’s the difference between a midlife crisis and wanting a career change in your 40s? I have been somewhat (unfairly) dismissive of my angst because in the back of my mind I’m thinking good God, I’m such a stereotype. If I were a dude I’d have bought a Miata by now. One way my dismissiveness manifested itself was that I didn’t talk about what I was feeling with anyone, I thought that I sounded so trite and ridiculous and like a harried mom character from a sitcom with a laugh track. Once I started to share what I was going through I started to realize that there may be a lot of us out there - we have been doing more or less the same job for like twenty years and are ready for a change but have no clue how to go about it. I mean just figuring out what to put on my resume is a stone-cold mystery, I’m assured that I have transferrable skills but I’ll be goddamned if I know what they are. I wonder how many of us there are - highly qualified and experienced but with no idea what to do with those skills. Is it an epidemic? Is it the new quiet quitting? Quietly figuring out how to excuse yourself and get into the other line? Sure feels like it.

I still think that I would like to be a professional podcast guest but so far there have been no offers. I think America - nay, the world - would love my hot takes on celebrity/true crime/self-help but alas. It’s a real missed opportunity, universe.