I’m About to Turn 46. I Don’t Identify With “Midlife.”

There’s a cultural script for what turning 46 is supposed to feel like. Quiet panic. A reckoning with roads not taken. A sudden and desperate interest in motorcycles or Botox or both. (Though I am not opposed to them)


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://uncommongathering.substack.com/p/im-about-to-turn-46-i-dont-identify