40 and floundering? Get yourself together — here’s how.

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So here we are. Forty (or fifty, or sixty) and not quite sure what this means. Earlier decades were easily characterised — our teens were dedicated to puberty, discovering boys (or girls) as other than pests, and trying to define ourselves as grown ups. In our 20s, we were meant to be having a great social life and climbing up the career ladder, juggling high heels and hangovers with equanimity and style. In our 30s, we were…