Short answer is I have no idea. Middle age is hitting hard right now (I'm a little younger, but only recently started accepting the "middle age" descriptor). Looking back, I see a lot of wasted potential. Looking forward, I see a lot of opportunities that I'll probably just decide not to take...because I'm afraid to fail.
I haven't made a major change in my professional life for over 15 years. And I feel like I'm past the point of having to work very hard to raise my kids. Yeah, they need guidance through the teenage years, but the risk of totally effing them up has largely passed.
There are no more natural milestones to look forward to. So maybe I'll take a page out of Dilbert and start messing with the settings in my "life" computer until something breaks, and then I'll have something to fix.
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