A thoroughly unscientific poll of middle-aged British men found that they spend US$48 billion a year alleviating their midlife crises.

That's about US$6,000 / year for every man too old to love popular music and too young to access the retirement fund. »more»

Gloomy Brits, upbeat Aussies, and the dissatisfied middle aged -- a worldwide poll provides fodder for many a stereotype. »more»

Work on your happiness, we say. Make your "to do before I die" list and get to work knocking things off it. Skip over midlife crisis.

Not enough people are listening -- at least in the UK. »more»

Our two previous lists (here, and here) of midlife crisis movies have seventeen entries between them. Bruce Kirkland of the Edmonton Sun nominates six films in his "best mid-life crisis movies" story. Five of them are not on our list. Should we add them? »more»

Are people wired to think they can do "better" than their current choices? New research says:

... when consumers expect to make similar choices in the future, they selectively pay attention to information that suggests that an alternative would be better. These consumers also tend to disregard information that indicates their current choice is the best possible choice.

Admittedly, the researchers were looking at shopping behavior ... but marriage, career, and other aspects of life's path are in some sense also a matter of weighing one's choices. »more»

Although midlife crisis and summer reading may seem incompatible, what better time to reflect on one's path than from a beach chair with the ocean's white noise blocking out distractions (even if the beach chair is in the back yard and the sound of the ocean is being piped through iPod headphones)? »more»

Hundreds of thousands of families will soon see their youngest child off to college, and that means an outbreak of despondent mothers and fathers suffering from empty nest syndrome.

Or does it? »more»

Empty nests. Menopause. Midlife crisis. Those are some of the reasons midlife is supposed to cause depression in women.

But as with so much information about midlife, that is at best only part of the story. »more»

What is it about the sea that powers the daydreams of middle aged people stuck in jobs they don't care for?

Across working America visions of tropical isles, freshening breezes, and one's boat cutting through the deep blue rise from both cubicle and office.

Many are nothing but that -- daydreams. But Mary South turned fantasy into reality -- trading in her successful career in publishing for a 40 foot steel trawler. It was a bold move, for she had "virtually no nautical skills." And while she didn't sail Bossanova to the South Seas, in "The Cure for Anything is Salt Water" she tells how her maiden voyage up the East Coast altered her life for the better. »more»

True MLC story:

What did one couple do when facing their own midlife crisis?

They opened their own winery.

What did they call it? »more»

The Midlife Crisis Winery (but of course).