#midlife-reflection
#midlife-reflection

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I have everything I was promised would make me happy - the mortgage is gone, the kids are thriving, the marriage is solid, the account is full - and the emptiness I feel sitting inside all of it is the loneliest kind because you can't explain a void that has no right to exist - Silicon Canals

Achieving all conventional life goals—career success, paid-off mortgage, strong family, full retirement account—can leave a person feeling empty and purposeless without understanding what comes after achievement.

Music

fromPitchfork

2 weeks ago

Bill Callahan Laughs at Death

Bill Callahan's album My Days of 58 explores fatherhood, grief, and his identity as a songwriter through a midlife reckoning inspired by a brush with mortality, featuring a heavenly encounter with Lou Reed.

Books

fromHarvard Gazette

2 months ago

What karaoke taught Elizabeth McCracken about fiction- Harvard Gazette

Accepting failure and personal limits fosters sustained creative work, prioritizing writing while embracing imperfect ambitions and private pleasures.

fromSlate Magazine

3 months ago

It's the Movie That Could Finally Get Adam Sandler His Oscar Nomination. It Left Me Teary.

"Can we go again?" asks Jay Kelly (George Clooney), a movie star shooting a scene in which the tough guy he's playing dies of a gunshot wound on the soundstage reproduction of a rain-slicked alleyway. "I think I can do it better." These lines from the opening scene of Noah Baumbach's Jay Kelly will become the film's wistful recurring theme.

Film

Relationships

fromBoston Magazine

3 months ago

Learning to Live Dangerously (Sort Of)

A 57-year-old contemplates missed adventurous experiences, regrets never having a cast, and lists untried activities while accepting current lifestyle choices.