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<h1>What is Midlife, After All?</h1>

The preliminary results are in from my (very) unscientific
survey of 175 men of random ages. It was particularly unscientific
because I had only a 16% response rate from my population sample.
As I suspected, guys don't seem very anxious to talk about
themselves. However, of those who returned the survey, I got quite
a lot of very good information . . . although little of it was
really surprising. One issue came through clearly: nobody can
precisely define midlife.
The one respondent who was less than forty identified himself as
not yet in midlife. Two others who were between 40 and 55 (probably
at the lower end of the scale) said they were not yet in midlife.
Almost 2/3 (61%) of the respondents identified themselves as
currently in midlife, Almost all the remaining 1/3 (29%) of the
respondents saw midlife as behind them. The data suggest that,
rather than being a specific age, or age range, midlife is a state
of mind.
As psychiatrist James Hollis comments in his 
Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life, "Thus, no
matter their age, I saw that client after client was undergoing
some sort of passage for which their conscious life was unprepared,
leaving them confused, frustrated, disoriented." Does that create a
familiar resonance? An additional piece of data suggests that, of
the sample, an awesome 90% of the participants considered that they
were in or had gone through midlife. That implies to me (again,
only somewhat scientifically) that the onset of 'middle age'
(however you choose to define it) happens once you've become
ensconced in your career. This may be something to investigate
further later on.
What about the other end of this experience? Of those under 55
years old, only 7-1/2% think that they've passed through middle
age. By age 60, that figure more than doubles to 19%. Yet, even
above age 60, 57% of the respondents in that age group felt like
they were still going through midlife. In a future article, we'll
explore a little more deeply into what these people think midlife
entails. For now, I'll be satisfied to know that my experience and
predictions (in perfect agreement with Dr. Hollis) were essentially
correct: midlife makes up the period of actual transition from
childhood (even masquerading in an adult body and hiding behind an
apparently adult life) to genuine maturity. It also backs up my
assertion that some people transition through midlife easily, while
some may never complete the transition at all.
What contribution can we make to this phenomenon? In a future
version of this survey, I want to seek a correlation between
successful transition through midlife and the level of personal
life satisfaction. Everything I know thus far indicates that levels
life satisfaction should rise dramatically once the midlife
transition has been accomplished. Making this reasonable assumption
tells me that my contribution needs to be to support and encourage
(and, if necessary, guide) men through this transitional period,
which may last many years - even decades. By supporting them in
making this transition, and assisting them in shortening the length
of the process, they could raise their level of life satisfaction
earlier and, therefore, higher. How significant is that?
Even with our relatively tiny sample size, there's still a lot
of analysis that can be done to focus our efforts better along
these lines. In the meantime, together we'll be building our
support program. If you would be interested in making a
contribution of your knowledge, experience, and/or energy to
creating and delivering this program, you could subscribe to my
weekly e-Zine, 
The Balance Sheet, to follow along with our progress, or
just e-mail me directly with your comments or suggestions. After
all, according to our data, you're probably going through midlife
right now!

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