Mid Life Crisis?

Glorified KC
Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,818
edited November 2021 in All Encompassing Trip
So I turned 40 last month and made the decision back in July I was going to get my first tattoo.  Is this a mid life crisis?  Does anyone else have an example of a mid life crisis?

I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 32,014
    47 and I recently left an executive position I could (and thought I would) retire from....started at another company as an exec that is about 10x bigger than the company I was with.  I know nothing of this field/industry.  Wanted more of a challenge.
    Started running a few years ago and recently completed a 31 mile run (50K), damaging my leg and knee in the process.  Wanted more of a challenge.

    My wife jokes it is my mid life crisis.  I tell her this is better than a fancy sports car and 23 year old girlfriend!

    Would probably be smarter for me to get a tattoo, Chris.  :).   Hope you like yours!
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 32,014
    https://youtu.be/U8b88US-6ts
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 42,162
    Just turned 46.  I bought a road bike.  Still don't have any tattoos.  You don't put a bumper sticker on a Ferrari, lol.
    I do find myself wanting to do more though.  There isn't anything wrong w that.
  • DavidD
    DavidD Posts: 2,585
    edited November 2021
    Just before my 40th birthday I decided to join a gym, never walked into one before. After about a year of kettlebell and metcon classes I decided to do a Spartan Race. I did the easiest one. A sprint 5k with 20 obstacles. And had so much fun doing it. Decided the next year I was gonna do the trifecta. One sprint 5 k 20 obstacles, one super 10k 25 obstacles and one beast 21k 30 obstacles. Complete all 3 in the year to complete the trifecta. But Covid screws that up. So I’m aiming for 2022. I’ll be 44
    Only problem I have are my knees. I don’t have any cartilage left so long runs are not my friend. The races are spread throughout the year so I think I can do it.
    This is me after the race. The smile on my face says it all lol

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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    I consider some of these not as cliches (or, crises) but as personal challenges, whether of the body or mind/grit. It’s admirable, to me. Garners my respect. 
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    The whole fucking thing has been a crisis.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • DavidD
    DavidD Posts: 2,585
    hedonist said:
    I consider some of these not as cliches (or, crises) but as personal challenges, whether of the body or mind/grit. It’s admirable, to me. Garners my respect. 
    Yeah, not sure if it was a midlife crisis but my wife likes to tell me it is lol
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,784
    I’ll let you know, when I reach mid life.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 42,162
    Wobbie said:
    I’ll let you know, when I reach mid life.
    Aren't u on the back end of life now?
  • DavidD
    DavidD Posts: 2,585
    Wobbie said:
    I’ll let you know, when I reach mid life.
    🤬 
    lol
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,784
    fuckers :angry:
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 32,014
    DavidD said:
    Just before my 40th birthday I decided to join a gym, never walked into one before. After about a year of kettlebell and metcon classes I decided to do a Spartan Race. I did the easiest one. A sprint 5k with 20 obstacles. And had so much fun doing it. Decided the next year I was gonna do the trifecta. One sprint 5 k 20 obstacles, one super 10k 25 obstacles and one beast 21k 30 obstacles. Complete all 3 in the year to complete the trifecta. But Covid screws that up. So I’m aiming for 2022. I’ll be 44
    Only problem I have are my knees. I don’t have any cartilage left so long runs are not my friend. The races are spread throughout the year so I think I can do it.
    This is me after the race. The smile on my face says it all lol

    Awesome!
    My sister did the trifecta, she's a damn beast.
    (I can run more than her but can't do the other stuff!)

    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • static111
    static111 Posts: 5,262
    I haven't got to a comfortable enough place to have a crisis yet.
    Scio me nihil scire

    There are no kings inside the gates of eden
  • DavidD
    DavidD Posts: 2,585
    F Me In The Brain said:
    DavidD said:
    Just before my 40th birthday I decided to join a gym, never walked into one before. After about a year of kettlebell and metcon classes I decided to do a Spartan Race. I did the easiest one. A sprint 5k with 20 obstacles. And had so much fun doing it. Decided the next year I was gonna do the trifecta. One sprint 5 k 20 obstacles, one super 10k 25 obstacles and one beast 21k 30 obstacles. Complete all 3 in the year to complete the trifecta. But Covid screws that up. So I’m aiming for 2022. I’ll be 44
    Only problem I have are my knees. I don’t have any cartilage left so long runs are not my friend. The races are spread throughout the year so I think I can do it.
    This is me after the race. The smile on my face says it all lol

    Awesome!
    My sister did the trifecta, she's a damn beast.
    (I can run more than her but can't do the other stuff!)

    For me it’s the opposite. But with some good knee support I can do a little more then normal.
  • DavidD
    DavidD Posts: 2,585
    Glorified KC said:
    So I turned 40 last month and made the decision back in July I was going to get my first tattoo.  Is this a mid life crisis?  Does anyone else have an example of a mid life crisis?

    Nice tattoo op. But watch out they are addictive lol
  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,894
    I'm getting ready to have my MLC tattoo done....it will be my avatar
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    static111 said:
    I haven't got to a comfortable enough place to have a crisis yet.
    :lol:
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,838
    I'm not sure I ever had a midlife crisis but I had a personality crisis.  I got it while it was hot.  It's always hard to know when frustration and heartache what you got.
    Yeah yeah yeahhhhhhh!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,818
    DavidD said:
    Glorified KC said:
    So I turned 40 last month and made the decision back in July I was going to get my first tattoo.  Is this a mid life crisis?  Does anyone else have an example of a mid life crisis?

    Nice tattoo op. But watch out they are addictive lol
    I did joke with a friend of mine that there are still 10 more album covers I can put on myself!

    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,818
    F Me In The Brain said:
    47 and I recently left an executive position I could (and thought I would) retire from....started at another company as an exec that is about 10x bigger than the company I was with.  I know nothing of this field/industry.  Wanted more of a challenge.
    Started running a few years ago and recently completed a 31 mile run (50K), damaging my leg and knee in the process.  Wanted more of a challenge.

    My wife jokes it is my mid life crisis.  I tell her this is better than a fancy sports car and 23 year old girlfriend!

    Would probably be smarter for me to get a tattoo, Chris.  :).   Hope you like yours!
    I love it, it came out as well as I could have hoped.  I was driving back to Milwaukee from Kansas City with my wife after July 4th and just said to her "I know what I want for my 40th." Getting a tattoo was always something I thought about doing, but never knew what I would get.  I love the No Code album artwork so much and figured it would be worth getting the background image. 

    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.

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