Crisis Clinics

Once every other month, I will do a feature called “Crisis Clinic”.  The Crisis Clinic will be a full-featured article that takes a look at various ways to combat the onset of the mid-life crisis; the daze that has settled around you like a blanketing fog.  I might opt to cover Harley Davidson motorcycles, maybe a feature on a survival camp, or maybe sky-diving.  Each Crisis Clinic will cover something different, yet all have one thing in common; we look at these activities as a way to fight back the funk of the mid-life.  Of course, I will rate the different activities covered in the Crisis Clinics as to how effective they are at combating the mid-life crisis.  Can there even be something out there that is so good that it can actually reverse the effects of the mid-life?  We’ll find out together.

The rating system is the tried & true letter grading that we all remember from our days spent in academia; A through F, with the associated pluses and minuses for good measure.  The following criteria will be graded in order to come up with the overall rating:

1)      Drool Pool. 

This is the “gotta-have it” factor.  Does this just drip with cool and make you feel like a king because you are doing or experiencing or owning whatever this thing is?  Is it a ’63 split window ‘Vette or is it a Chevette? 

2)      Break the Bank.

Is this going require a 2^nd mortgage or cashing out of your 401k?  That Beneteau First might be the ticket to your travels around the world… but you might not be able to eat along the way, either…

3)      Staying Power.

Sure, you can get it… but once you have it, how long will the high last?  Is this a mere band aid on the gaping wound that is mid-life or is this a real cure?  In a year from now, will it still be relevant or is this a one-night stand, quick fix?

Look for the first Crisis Clinic to be published in June, 2011 and a new one once every 8 weeks after that.  The schedule for 2011 is shaping up to look like this:

• June – Shut up and ride – Mike’s Famous Harley Davidson
• August – Surfs Up! 
• October – Come Sail Away with Me
• December – Scotch Tour in Scotland

Give me a shout and let me know if there is anything that you want to see.