Visible Abs and the Millennial Midlife Crisis

Whenever I hit the leaderboard at Orangetheory, I post the triumph to Instagram stories with the same caption: “My midlife crisis is going great!” This is the most mortifying collection of words I have ever written, but it is my truth.

Midlife crises are not the universal experience that they are often made out to be; one needs a pretty high base line of financial and personal stability to have the luxury of a life-altering freakout or a new obsession. But I am now firmly in my mid-40s and have observed that my peers are greeting this decade of our existence in a few specific ways.

The varietals of the millennial midlife........

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