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A NEW BEGINNING
Our lives are not predetermined. We have the freedom to choose the path we want to walk; however, some people may get lost trying to find their own way. The society (as a living entity) can make people feel that they do not have time to think, that they need to walk faster and follow the default road. Even though some people are genuinely happy following somebody else path, others are just doing it because they do not know what they want to do in their lives. They get overwhelmed and finish doing the same things than everybody else with the resulting feeling of voidness and unhappiness. They feel stuck.…
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REAL OR FAKE HAPPINESS?
It is important to differentiate between real and fake happiness. We could say that “fake happiness” is the type of happiness which is not sustainable over time. It usually only lasts for a short or medium period of time. Some people try to fill their emptiness and insecurity with material things or living beings. For example, they may keep buying things for themselves or others. Being good to others is wonderful, but some people do that as an excuse (even if they do not realize about it) to avoid looking inward. They focus their attention on the necessities of others and try to fix their lives while they forget to…
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ARE YOU HAVING A MIDLIFE CRISIS?
The term “midlife crisis” was first coined by Elliott Jaques in 1965 (Infurna et al., 2020). It is usually used to refer to physical and mental changes suffered by people between the ages of 40 to 60 (Lachman et al., 2015; Infurna et al., 2020). Those changes are usually the result of multiple factors such as career development, financial stability, changes in family composition, and mortality (Infurna et al., 2020). When people reach the 40-60 range, they may decide to take care of their parents while supporting their role as parents. Middle age individuals usually provide care, financial, and emotional support to younger adult children and elderly parents (Lachman et…