Middle age when is it

But there was less consensus on when youth ended, ranging from 34 in Sweden to 52 in Greece, with an average of However the Love to Learn research also found that adults in their 50s were upbeat about the benefits of their age group. Gill Jackson, director of new online course provider Love to Learn, said: "More than half said they have more confidence and experience than younger people and are less afraid of making mistakes. John Craven, who is supporting the website's launch, said the concept of ageing had changed: "Only a generation ago, many people were pretty old at But some older people still appear to be haunted about by obstacles from their past, such as failing the plus school entrance exams.

And in countries like Australia, overall life expectancy is 83, which would put middle-age at the 40s. But as the article says, having a strict cut off point for youth is a bad idea in the first place and we should try not to obsess over it too much. We have such a fearful culture around growing older and is honestly toxic. Follow us. Newsletter Exclusive news delivered to your inbox.

Life Planning. Feb 27, Share. Image Credit: Shutterstock. Tags aging Life Planning. See all articles by Liesl. Latest Culture articles. This is not a generation that is eager to proclaim that it has reached middle age. It was the baby boomers who made up the ''youthquake'' of the s, and who were part of the alleged college student ''revolution.

So it is understandable that men and women of the baby boom generation are not eager to concede that they now qualify as middle-aged people. They said that the world was changing--that ideas of what is elderly have dramatically shifted, and that a person should not be branded as elderly as long as he or she felt full of life.

But this can get out of hand. Lines have to be drawn, though; at some point middle age begins, and the purpose of this exercise is to determine exactly when that happens. Already, in a random poll of people I know, the answers have varied widely. On the one hand, a person said that middle age begins at 30 ''The country is growing up and becoming serious much earlier in life these days. In the end, perhaps the best indicator of middle age's onset is the intangible evidence of a new kind of mindset.

Do you worry more about your health? Do you forget people's names? Do you groan and moan more? Then you might be in the midst of middle age. We asked our Facebook fans what they believe to be the signs of middle age. And here's what they had to say. Do you agree? Let us know in comments. Reading on your phone becomes difficult because the font is suddenly too tiny and blurry.

Hair starts appearing everywhere -- on your nose, face, ears. You go to bed by 8 p. You start worrying -- a lot -- about your looks. You hit from the white tees instead of the black tees on the golf course.