[vc_row full_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1589118230433{padding-top: 150px !important;padding-bottom: 150px !important;background-image: url(https://hownottohaveamidlifecrisis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/How-Not-To-Have-A-Mid-Life-Crisis-My-Friend-Jo.jpg?id=855) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Midlife Crisis in lockdown” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:50|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff|line_height:1.2″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css_animation=”fadeIn”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1593975708429{margin-top: 10vh !important;}”][vc_column] Kids leaving home When I grew up it was accepted that at the age of 18 you would go off to further education and, on graduating, you would move into your own place, or you would start work at 18 and share a flat with some mates. This norm unfortunately isn’t normal anymore. Staggeringly the average age for leaving home is now 32, which means I could be well into my 60s before I have the proper opportunity to experience ’Empty Nest’ syndrome. Don’t get me wrong, I do love my children. I just might love them a bit more if they were not here all the time. As a mother you nurture your offspring. You run their childhood lives for them, you wipe away their tears and you wipe their noses. You guide them through toddler tantrums and hideous teenage tempers. By the age of 18 you have the… Which one today? New Normal Ok so we really are getting into to the ‘New Normal’ now. The ‘Old Normal’ when people hugged and… Here we go…. Hairstyles For Middle Age Women Lockdown has shown us what is really important in life and the first thing most women… Blogs On Women I have thoroughly enjoyed writing my blogs on women, or should I say me, over the past few months. Nice to see… White Americano for me at last! As a child I actually loathed cheese, of any description. When I was growing up, all those years… Crevices Lockdown life has given me more than enough time to tackle the big issue in my life, namely why is my face getting… Filofax Days If Coronavirus had struck 30 years ago it would have found a very different world from the one today. I was in… Novelty Cakes Over the past few years Britain has become obsessed with baking. However, this has come at a time when I thought my… Ok, I am exaggerating a bit… Exercise For Women Over 50 You cannot open a magazine these days without people exalting the value of…
