Is it called an early mid-life crisis when you’re manager talks to you about an open Manager role and thinks you’d be a good fit, but you feel inadequate to be a manager and also want to open up your own business one day in a completely unrelated field (like owning my own store) and feel accepting a manager role will just consume you further into this corporate journey? Half joking but also half serious as I have no one to give me advice on this 🥲

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Are you me? Haha. This is how I feel exactly. My boss wants me to work toward senior manager and honestly, I don’t want it. I want to open a coffee shop but the research I’m doing is disheartening bc it does not make much. Looking at other similar roles seems like it will just dig me deeper into a hole I won’t be able to escape from. Ugh.

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Yea I’ve been thinking about doing that. There’s a shop opening up next week that’s a mother/daughter shop. Thinking about asking if I could work with them a few shifts a month just to get a feel for it

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I can so relate! This has been me for the past 1-2 years.

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Came up with the plan for a side business. Getting clearance right now for outside employment.

Hello! 👋
It’s called doing whatever the hell you like. It’s not a crisis

Now if you are single too then you have ultimate freedom of choice and everyone will hate you because you are doing whatever you want.

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There’s never been a better time to start a business. Consulting won’t be here in 5 years.
Chase that dream!

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Even better!

If you aren't middle aged, you have no idea what the crisis is like.

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OP. A mid-life crisis is usually brought on by an event that triggers a response where you feel wholly inadequate and that you have allowed your entire life to slip by without the right accomplishments.

I am in my 50s. I have been stuck at a level for any years where I have seen many people much younger eclipse me. They are no smarter, no better at their job. Someone is just pulling them along and not me.

A mid life crisis has you assessing all of your decisions to date. It usually manifests in rash decisions like a divorce, an expensive vehicle or house. You may abruptly leave a stable job to fulfill a dream.

This is me. I turned down a stretch-M role bc I never want to be a M. The started the clock for me- I have one year to get out before they start questioning me about why I don’t want to go up.

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What kind of business are you planning to open?

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