Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis

by Ada Calhoun

the years between thirty-five and forty-five are the “Deadline Decade,” during which people might feel they are running out of time.

In midlife, we must reconcile the two primary messages of our childhood: One: “Reach for the stars.” Two: “You’re on your own.”

Don’t ever compare your insides with their outsides.

“The people I know who are happy realize they can’t care about everything,” says Deal. “You have to decide what you care about. If everything matters to you, you’re going to go nuts.”