Life During Middle Adulthood

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During your middle-adulthood, you may begin to realize that you did not accomplish all of your goals. You may feel like you did not become the person that you set out to be and may not understand how you got to this point in your life (Firth, K. 2004). People in their mid-life frequently face challenges of taking care of parents or spouses who are unable to take care of themselves full time and may resent this aspect of their lives. The ability to go out and socialize becomes strained as caregiving can be time-consuming and stressful. This can lead to depression as you have fewer people to lean on (McKenzie, 2012). On the other side, during middle-adulthood, we are often preparing for retirement, moving our children forward into their own