The midlife clock is ticking: How we understand ‘time left’ can help us use it well

Feeling that time may be limited can create a sense of urgency to act now, to reconnect, show solidarity and rebuild social ties. (Unsplash/Maria Oswalt) In Adaptation and the Life Cycle, psychologist Bernice Neugarten tells us that we arrive in our middle years by our social clocks, not our age For many people, as Neugarten theorized, this means milestones like meeting a life partner, buying a home or having a family. A carefully crafted career trajectory earns us an increasing scope of work…