Baby Boomer Generation Defined Midlife Crisis

For the past several decades we have watched Baby Boomers (born between 1944-1964)  hit midlife crisis. They defined it with everything from big houses with new trophy spouses to sports cars to cosmetic surgeries and more. Basically, many Baby Boomers did not want to grow older and fought it with their checkbooks.

Generation X Takes On Midlife Crisis

Unlike their Baby Boomer predecessors, those in Generation X (born 1964-1979), have less in their checking accounts. As Gen X now hits their midlife crises in their 40’s and 50’s, they have started to engage midlife differently. It is not a crisis but an opportunity for lifestyle.

Midlife Crisis Becomes Midlife Lifestyle Change 

The value of Lifestyle in health and wellbeing has taken center stage. Many medical professionals have embraced the power of lifestyle with “specialties” like Lifestyle Medicine, Functional Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Holistic Nursing, and more. The Global Wellness Institutes reports that the global wellness economy grew 6.4% annually in the 2015-2017 period, about double overall economic growth.

The value of Lifestyle in health and wellbeing not only offers less reliance on increasingly costly pharmaceuticals and medical procedures but a better quality of life. This is not lost on Gen X as they enter midlife. There is no reason for a midlife crisis when midlife can be used as an opportunity for correction and investment.