At some point in life, many things are decided: who we love, where we work, how we live. Some are happy to have arrived - others fear being stuck in a life full of routines and wonder if that's it. How do we find new goals in life when much has been achieved? How do we deal with the fact that time horizons are slowly narrowing and some trains have now left the station? Barbara Bleisch reflects on life experience, lightness and serenity in a philosophically sound way and full of references from everyday life. She counters the cliché of the "midlife crisis" with a philosophy of midlife that leads us into the existential questions of our decades as adults - and into the best time of our lives.