I just want you to know that the future is rosy.

I'm Angela Duckworth.

I'm Stephen Dovner.

And you're listening to no stupid questions.

Today on the show, what is the likelihood that you'll experience a midlife crisis?

I've got the stress of young children, I've got my career, stresses, I've got aging parents,

oh my god, it's all going on at the same time.

Angela, a question today from a listener whose name is Rebecca Bazie who lives in Cleveland,

Ohio.

She writes, hi Angela, Stephen exclamation point.

Hello, Rebecca.

Here's a question that I grapple with at random, especially since being in my mid 30s.

Do you remember your mid 30s, Angela?

Oh my gosh.

I was like, Rebecca, the email writer is so young.

I vaguely remember my mid 30s.

So Rebecca writes about encountering certain situations in which I believe a midlife crisis

is to blame and she wants to know, are they real midlife crises?

Rebecca continues, I am married with three kids.

My husband and I both work full time and as you can imagine, we are very much busy keeping

up with the everyday demands of child rearing, et cetera, et cetera.

The following, she writes, are some examples of times when I have thought midlife crisis.

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