The modern 40 means having toddlers running around, buying your first home, and, at last, catching up on retirement savings.
"By the time you're 40, 45, you can't sing, and you can't play guitar; maybe it's time to give up on your aspirations of being a rock star."
At work, you realize you're protected from age discrimination, which you feel like you're still much too young for.
When we're young, we're happy — and then that declines, bottoming out in middle age, about 40 to 50.
The question isn't just whether my 40 will look like my parents' 40 — it's also whether it will look like the 40 of everyone from my high school.
Persons:
you've, touchpoints, Carol Graham, they're, Hannes Schwandt, Millennials, they'd, that's, Jean Twenge, Gen X, Silents, Graham, Justin Balik, it's, Oz, Kelly, She's, —, It's, They're, We're, Instagram, Gen Zers, Lindsey Anderson, Anderson, midlife, Gen, Emily Stewart
Organizations:
AARP, Brookings Institution, grays, Northwestern University, Facebook, University of Maryland, Business
Locations:
midlife, Schwandt, New Jersey, Massachusetts, I'm