Middle-age spread is usually frowned upon, but it could be tastier than you think. Is it worth the pain to hold back that spreading stomach?
Author: marvinmidlife
A middle aged man trying to avoid a midlife crisis while navigating redundancy, health problems and life in general.
Special days in June. Will you be hugging your cat?
Special Days in June includes Hug a Cat Day and Father’s Day, but which one should we be celebrating the most?
Frustrated with a boring middle age existence. You need to be more Don…
It’s easy to get frustrated with a boring middle aged existence especially when you worry about everything and everyone else. Well don’t. Listen to the little man in your head. Be more Don.
6 crucial tips before inviting people in on work video calls. What’s behind you?
Work video calls can be great, but they also allow all sorts of people a peek inside your house. Be careful what’s in the background if you don’t want them to look at you in a different way in the future.
10 key ways to avoid madness when working from home during Coronavirus lockdown. What are you up to?
Agonising over how to be happy? Don’t do it for you. Do it for Don.
If you’ve been struggling with how to be happy, here’s something you can do to improve your mental health. Don’t try and make changes for you, do it for someone else. Do it for Don.
Total hip replacement recovery story. Painfully limping along in weeks 3 to 7 (Part 6)
A total hip replacement recovery story, charting progress from week 3 to week 7 post hip replacement operation
6 key lessons for starting a new job in middle age. First week of an old man learning new tricks.
It’s never easy starting a new job after redundancy. The first week in a new role is hard, especially when you’re middle aged, recovering from
Hip replacement recovery days 6 to 21. Coming on in leaps and bounds. Sadly not. (Part 5)
Hip replacement recovery story: the day 6 to day 21 improvements post hip replacement operation
5 crucial midlife fashion questions I need answering fast. Can anyone help?
Midlife male fashion can be difficult to gauge. You need to be careful about getting it wrong. Some questions need answering about what to wear.
Hip replacement surgery and week 1 recovery. It all goes horribly wrong… (Part 4)
Hip replacement surgery is supposed to be routine, but I had a horrible blip. A tale of the operation, blip and recovery.
Scarily close to middle age hip replacement. What was I thinking pre-op? (Part 3)
Having signed up to a middle age hip replacement, the day fast approached. I occasionally had doubts but pain convinced me otherwise. This is the story of what happened next…
Shock decision about having a total hip replacement at 50! 5 things that worried me. (Part 2)
Total hip replacement at 50 needs some thinking about. This is part 2 of my total midlife hip replacement story – how it came to be
Are your work meetings a disaster? 6 things you can do to stop wasting your life.
11 things to know about surviving a midlife crisis in Las Vegas
10 surprising redundancy facts to know if you’re leaving soon…
What does Daddy do all day? Getting traumatised by Loose Women isn’t all fun.
Shockingly I won’t be the next CEO. So what is midlife career end-game?
I won’t be the next CEO. And nor will you (probably). So what does that mean for your career and sanity midlife?
The dangerous minefield that is middle aged male grooming
Midlife male grooming used to be passing a comb through a receding hairline. Now it seems to more commonplace, but can be a midlife minefield
Devastatingly made redundant and left with just a biro and a book. How?
Writing exciting erotic stories gets great followings. Just don’t tell your other half.
I’ve read lots on how to drive views onto blog posts. None mention erotic stories, but I believe they could show the way to increase
A brilliant excuse. Is daydreaming in dull meetings part of evolutionary make-up?
Office meetings can be dull, but are a necessary part of work life even if half the room is daydreaming or messaging their friends. It’s an evolutionary thing.
Amazing new skills you can develop midlife, including dishwasher stacking
MIdlife is the opportunity to learn new skills. Dishwasher stacking seems to be the most pressing.
