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>>For quite a number of people the early 40s have some pretty brutal transitions in store. For me it was caring for my dad in the hospital during COVID and his
by kamaal 2y ago
>>For quite a number of people the early 40s have some pretty brutal transitions in store.
For me it was caring for my dad in the hospital during COVID and his surgeries around the time. I had to often wake in the nights to drain his catheter. For some reasons, my mom would find it disgusting. And for some reason, not only did I not, my love for him only increased. We also spent a lot of time together which made me almost see him as an entirely a different person than the one I had known all life. It also increased my respect for him tremendously.
40s is such a coming of age time for us men. Its almost like the dawn of a new age.
My knees do feel like they hurt slight. Like just a little. And of course the hair begin to grey. All of a sudden you are in a totally different phase of life altogether.
- FlyingSnake 2y agoI lost my father in the big Covid wave of May ‘21 and it took me a while to get over that intense trauma. That, along with the midlife crisis hit harder and I can feel that I’m not the same person anymore. I now find myself doing things that I’ve never thought of doing before. Things like regular 10K runs, climbing mountains, solo trips etc. maybe it’s the sense of urgency that we feel after a major event. Interestingly during that crisis a comment I found on HN about a book (Hannibal and me) helped me a lot to overcome that phase.