John Y’s Musings from the Middle: Me and Matthew Perry

Seeing the first sign or symptom of moving into a new phase in life can take our breath away, fill us with fear and anxiety, and send us into the dark abyss of internet searches to diagnose ourselves.

Sometimes the first sign is barely noticeable but other times it can be painfully and even shockingly apparent to everyone around the person going through a life transition. Except, of course, the person himself.

Tonight I ran out to Walmart to pick up some household items and while waiting in the checkout line saw this magazine with a feature story about Matthew Perry tossed into my pile of purchases.

Shocked, I looked around to see who was the culprit.

It was me.

This is scary and good mean a range of possible life transitions. Some of them socially fatal.