![rw-book-cover](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article0.00998d930354.png) ## Metadata - Author: [[Markham Heid]] - Full Title: Why We Should All Adopt a 60-Year-Old Mindset - Category: #articles - URL: https://medium.com/p/2fca44ebbdd5 ## Highlights - “miserably tired of trying to live for the future indefinitely. I want to live for the present.” - Around the world, and regardless of socioeconomic status or education levels, people find middle age a drag. And that may be an understatement. “The effects of the mid-life dip . . . are comparable to major life events such as losing a spouse or becoming unemployed,” wrote the authors of a 2022 study.