I think I'm having a midlife crisis...

40 didn't seem like a big deal in the run up to it.... but now I'm wrinkly, overweight and my skin aint so great...

I wake up in the morning tired and am just not satisfied with how I look and what I'm doing and who I am .... I spend too much time looking back at decisions I made and didn't make and thinking about how I have wasted much of my life...

I think it started last week with the optician telling me I would need reading glasses within a year. and not to bother with the contacts (I did anyway)

I would have plastic surgery now if I won silly money on the lotto.... and book into a health farm to loose the extra baggage.... AND get my teeth done...

Then I would start doing worthwhile things... what has life come to?

I have become more insecure about myself since moving.

The people I work with are continually talking about dieting, weight and exercise amongst themselves.

Its not that I feel a need to compete because I have enough issues with myself to take on anyone elses.

But I have realised that when I went on about my weight in the UK I didnt realise how boring the subject is. Now I have to listen to talk about weight, calories, doing silly amounts of exercise, my god have I learned to stop talking about it myself.

However, I dont have the confidence I had in London for some reason and feel incredibly self consious when blokes yell things at me when I am in town (they do it to everyone).

I know what you mean about having silly money to have plastic surgery, if I had silly money then yes I would do it - but then Ive always said that.

Im starting back with my Yoga tonight, my work pal is coming with me and Im trying to do stuff to boost my confidence.

Mid life crisis? Perhaps it is

Australia is so great for sport, join a team or club and you'll feel lots better than you would after surgery (my friend had liposuction and believe me, it ain't pretty). In all those cosmetic surgery ads they look better mainly because they've had a hair cut and got some nice new make-up; so treat yourself as even living at a spa would be cheaper and much less dangerous than surgery. The woman who wrote 'First Wives Club' died during a facelift, now that's something to regret more than a few wrinkles.

PS Why do you need straight teeth to do worthwhile things????

I dont think life is quite over yet.... heres some inspiration, Please keep trying



And to give you hope for the long term Future try over 50

You can hardly use Demi Moore, she's spent more on looking like that, than I've ever earned in my life

Who's the middle one?

Kylie - 40 years old...

But who the hell wants to look like that scrawny screetchy thing My life would be complete if I could carry an airbrush kit around with me 24/7

Her face looks like it's got cement poured on it.

meeeeeow!

She's holding it up with the weight.

I think she looks like she's about to heave and is holding her hair back out of the way Jeez, she's a dog. And Renth, don't say you would, we all know you would just about anything in a skirt

While covering her ears from the screeching

What's that top about? It's like those t shirts you used to get which looked like tuxedos

Hey, when it comes to Kylie you can assume all heterosexual men "would".

Let's extrapolate this further, how about 76 year old Carmen Dell'Orefice?