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Question Did Scuba prevent you having a midlife crisis?
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Started diving in my early teens, midlife crisis be damned.
My wife says I never had a mid-life crisis, just ongoing immaturity issues. Diving is my calm activity since 1976.
I started diving at 30. I'm now 64 and can't afford to have a mid-life crisis because of diving.
I can relate
Barryattle
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Nope, too late for that - I started at 59, so past mid-life. But it is one of the most amazing things I've ever done and an interesting combination of a quasi-meditative state with "Am I about to die now?"
Scubagolf
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In 2001, at age 50, diving was my mid life crisis, or the cure….not quite sure which.
It completely changed the direction and course of my life. Call that what you will.
PietroT
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It’s mine for sure. OW certified in 2018. CCR in 2021, at 46. Trying to dive twice a week when family and work permit. mainly dark and cold lakes
Cthippo
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Nah, it was just an extension of what I was already doing. Certified last year at 43.
The traditional mid-life crisis is when you hit 40 and realize you have spent your life chasing things that really don't matter and that you do not have infinite time to pursue the tings that do. Money and professional status have never meant much to me, and so I have pursued adventure throughout my life. I don't remember turning 40 specifically, but by then I was already well established as an adventurer and YouTuber, if not what anyone would call a popular one. I help people (Firefighter / EMT), I go on adventures, and I share those stories online. I don't know if I am living my best possible life, but I am certainly not in crisis about it.
The traditional mid-life crisis is when you hit 40 and realize you have spent your life chasing things that really don't matter and that you do not have infinite time to pursue the tings that do. Money and professional status have never meant much to me, and so I have pursued adventure throughout my life. I don't remember turning 40 specifically, but by then I was already well established as an adventurer and YouTuber, if not what anyone would call a popular one. I help people (Firefighter / EMT), I go on adventures, and I share those stories online. I don't know if I am living my best possible life, but I am certainly not in crisis about it.
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