To me, the crisis comes from having exhausted the low hanging fruit of accomplishing what society expects of you and the feelings you get from youthful joys of

To me, the crisis comes from having exhausted the low hanging fruit of accomplishing what society expects of you and the feelings you get from youthful joys of sex/food/whatever. There's a switch that needs to be flipped, from 'I want to feel good', to 'I am doing what needs doing'. You know what needs doing. You know what needs to stop too. Not to feel better, it won't feel good at all, but it needs doing. It's irrational - who says anything needs doing? Nothing needs doing, we're all going to die, we only live once, etc. Yup! Needs to be done anyway, or you distract yourself. Those are the two options :) I'm distracting myself right now! I haven't flipped the switch, I'm still hanging on to feeling good, but with every year, with every month, the flip of the switch just makes... so... much... sense. It's destiny, really. Doing, or distracting. Anyhoo :)