How to Reinvent Your Life After 40 (When You Don't Know Where to Start)

Feeling a drag you can't put your finger on? You're not having a midlife crisis — something's out of alignment. Here's the 3-step process to fix it without blowing up your life. If you're 40-plus and want to reinvent your life but don't know where to start, this is the process I figured out after five years of feeling stuck. Most people think the only way out is classic midlife crisis territory — quitting the job, buying the sports car — and because that feels too scary, they just stay exactly where they are. There's another option. I hit rock bottom at 48. Six years of long-distance commuting, missing 40% of my kids' lives, a new boss who wanted their own team, and then walking out of corporate life on March 6, 2020 — possibly the worst day in history to start a recruitment-related business. What came out of that mess was a design-thinking approach to midlife reinvention. No big irreversible decisions. No burning it all down. Just a practical framework for figuring out what's out of alignment and building your way forward bit by bit. In this video: The 5 things that fall out of alignment in midlife (and how to spot them) Why the "messy middle" isn't a problem — it's where the work happens How to use design thinking to prototype your next chapter Free tools for mapping your values, strengths, and skills Resources mentioned: VIA Character Strengths Assessment (free) High 5 Test Values card sort exercises https://tidycal.com/chris-perkins/ini... 🔔 Subscribe for more on midlife reinvention:    / @chrisperkinsmidlife   #midlifereinvention #startingoverat40 #midlifecrisis #reinventyourself #midlifechange