OK, I admit it – that headline was totally clickbait-y. Truth is, there isn’t really a ‘best decade’, as such – every age and stage has its joys, triumphs, stressors and challenges. With that said, there are a few reasons why your 40s are a time for forging your identity and setting the tone for the rest of your life, which is the point of this article. My reasons for writing about this are mostly, I admit, self-interest. I’ve been told that being 42 is a powerful age for spiritual growth and wisdom – which, from my personal experience, is proving true (so far). It’s interesting that this dovetails with the famous line from Douglas Adams’ seminal The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy about 42 being the age that life begins…
Before we get into the spiritual stuff, let’s look at what’s often happening at this life stage.
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