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The real midlife crisis confronting many Americans

  • Written by Frank J. Infurna, Associate Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University
Midlife is one of the least understood, appreciated and studied life stages.Sarah2/Shutterstock.com

The way my mom imagined it, midlife was going to be great: counting down days until retirement, spending winters in Florida and checking off destinations on her bucket list. But it hasn’t turned out that way.

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