Brian Clark
@brianclark.social
Writer, traveler, entrepreneur. Currently in Baja Sur, Mexico.
Former projects acquired: Copyblogger, Rainmaker, StudioPress.
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Former projects acquired: Copyblogger, Rainmaker, StudioPress.
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Are you excited about changing your story at midlife?
Hopefully so. But you also may be thinking about the last time you tried to make a significant change.
And you’re remembering that it felt difficult, bordering on impossible.
Hopefully so. But you also may be thinking about the last time you tried to make a significant change.
And you’re remembering that it felt difficult, bordering on impossible.
What's Fixed and What's Flexible: The Architecture of Your Midlife Story
This second article in the Midlife Identity Remix series will help you understand yourself in a new way. And that will clear the path toward meaningful change.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Are you excited about changing your story at midlife?
Hopefully so. But you also may be thinking about the last time you tried to make a significant change.
And you’re remembering that it felt difficult, bordering on impossible.
Hopefully so. But you also may be thinking about the last time you tried to make a significant change.
And you’re remembering that it felt difficult, bordering on impossible.
That discontent and restlessness you’re feeling?
That’s not a malfunction. That’s your brain finally recognizing the current story needs change.
This isn’t a midlife crisis. It’s a midlife plot twist.
That’s not a malfunction. That’s your brain finally recognizing the current story needs change.
This isn’t a midlife crisis. It’s a midlife plot twist.
Midlife Isn't a Crisis, It's a Plot Twist
You open the door to the midlife plot twist when you realize you can now be the sole author of your story.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
That discontent and restlessness you’re feeling?
That’s not a malfunction. That’s your brain finally recognizing the current story needs change.
This isn’t a midlife crisis. It’s a midlife plot twist.
That’s not a malfunction. That’s your brain finally recognizing the current story needs change.
This isn’t a midlife crisis. It’s a midlife plot twist.
RIP Ace Frehley. You were always the coolest guy in KISS.
October 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
RIP Ace Frehley. You were always the coolest guy in KISS.
If you're between 45 and 65, you’ve likely realized the game has changed.
The old playbook (get good grades, climb the ladder, retire at 65) is broken. The new reality requires new strategies.
Time to rewrite the script. Or if you prefer, adopt a new playbook.
The old playbook (get good grades, climb the ladder, retire at 65) is broken. The new reality requires new strategies.
Time to rewrite the script. Or if you prefer, adopt a new playbook.
It’s Time to Burn the Old Playbook
Your job security is an illusion at a point when you can least afford to lose your income.
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September 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
If you're between 45 and 65, you’ve likely realized the game has changed.
The old playbook (get good grades, climb the ladder, retire at 65) is broken. The new reality requires new strategies.
Time to rewrite the script. Or if you prefer, adopt a new playbook.
The old playbook (get good grades, climb the ladder, retire at 65) is broken. The new reality requires new strategies.
Time to rewrite the script. Or if you prefer, adopt a new playbook.
People who take in more negative age beliefs tend to show worse physical, cognitive, and mental health.
But the good news is that those who are exposed to or develop more positive age beliefs tend to show benefits in physical, cognitive, and mental health.
But the good news is that those who are exposed to or develop more positive age beliefs tend to show benefits in physical, cognitive, and mental health.
You Only Get “Old” When You Believe These Myths About Aging
Here’s a sampling of seven counterintuitive facts about getting older.
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September 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
People who take in more negative age beliefs tend to show worse physical, cognitive, and mental health.
But the good news is that those who are exposed to or develop more positive age beliefs tend to show benefits in physical, cognitive, and mental health.
But the good news is that those who are exposed to or develop more positive age beliefs tend to show benefits in physical, cognitive, and mental health.
We all remember the advice from Dead Poets Society:
"Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary."
Now that we’re at midlife, here's an alternative Latin phrase for Generation X:
Carpe vitam. Seize your life.
"Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary."
Now that we’re at midlife, here's an alternative Latin phrase for Generation X:
Carpe vitam. Seize your life.
Carpe Vitam: The Time for Your Midlife Reinvention is Now
This life is not a dress rehearsal.
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September 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
We all remember the advice from Dead Poets Society:
"Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary."
Now that we’re at midlife, here's an alternative Latin phrase for Generation X:
Carpe vitam. Seize your life.
"Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary."
Now that we’re at midlife, here's an alternative Latin phrase for Generation X:
Carpe vitam. Seize your life.
Beginning of our third month in Baja Sur, first hurricane. Just steady rain so far, which is actually nice. On generator power at the beach.
Lorena becomes a hurricane off west coast of Mexico as Kiko travels over open waters
Hurricane Lorena has formed off the coast of Mexico's Baja California peninsula
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September 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Beginning of our third month in Baja Sur, first hurricane. Just steady rain so far, which is actually nice. On generator power at the beach.
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Jok is just too good at these heaves 😮💨
Cracked NBA’s top 20 plays
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August 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Jok is just too good at these heaves 😮💨
Cracked NBA’s top 20 plays
Cracked NBA’s top 20 plays
We don’t have to look into the future of medical age-reversal treatments to see a great divide in longevity rates.
It’s happening in the United States right now. The key is to take a closer look at how “life expectancy” is determined, while also challenging the notion of a “United” States.
It’s happening in the United States right now. The key is to take a closer look at how “life expectancy” is determined, while also challenging the notion of a “United” States.
The Longevity Divide for Midlife Americans
Why does life expectancy in the United States lag behind other wealthy countries?
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August 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We don’t have to look into the future of medical age-reversal treatments to see a great divide in longevity rates.
It’s happening in the United States right now. The key is to take a closer look at how “life expectancy” is determined, while also challenging the notion of a “United” States.
It’s happening in the United States right now. The key is to take a closer look at how “life expectancy” is determined, while also challenging the notion of a “United” States.
Being in the U.S. is like swimming in a soup of anger, anxiety, and aggravation. It permeates the entire experience of living as if it’s normal.
That doesn’t exist here in Baja Sur, and it doesn’t exist in any of the other places I’ve lived for extended periods.
That doesn’t exist here in Baja Sur, and it doesn’t exist in any of the other places I’ve lived for extended periods.
The New American Dream
There's now an evolved concept of living the dream. Unfortunately, too many accept the "new nightmare" as normal.
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August 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Being in the U.S. is like swimming in a soup of anger, anxiety, and aggravation. It permeates the entire experience of living as if it’s normal.
That doesn’t exist here in Baja Sur, and it doesn’t exist in any of the other places I’ve lived for extended periods.
That doesn’t exist here in Baja Sur, and it doesn’t exist in any of the other places I’ve lived for extended periods.
Picture this: Your boss just called you into their office. You’re not being laid off, but your role will now be as an independent contractor instead of a W-2 employee.
Would you view it as a loss or the opportunity of a lifetime?
Would you view it as a loss or the opportunity of a lifetime?
Are You About to Be “Promoted” to Independent Contractor?
Your company wants you to do the same job for less security, but what if that's exactly what you need?
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August 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Picture this: Your boss just called you into their office. You’re not being laid off, but your role will now be as an independent contractor instead of a W-2 employee.
Would you view it as a loss or the opportunity of a lifetime?
Would you view it as a loss or the opportunity of a lifetime?
Medical advances and lifestyle changes have already blessed Baby Boomers with longer, healthier lives, and this is now creating an unintended consequence:
They're squeezing Generation X out of the executive suite.
They're squeezing Generation X out of the executive suite.
The Paradox Blocking Gen X Career Advancement
The Wall Street Journal reveals how our “forgotten” position between Boomers and Millennials is wrecking our employment prospects.
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August 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Medical advances and lifestyle changes have already blessed Baby Boomers with longer, healthier lives, and this is now creating an unintended consequence:
They're squeezing Generation X out of the executive suite.
They're squeezing Generation X out of the executive suite.
What’s behind the surge in people ditching traditional employment and heading out on their own?
Other than Corporate America’s propensity to hire you when it’s convenient and dump you when it’s profitable, of course.
We all know that part.
Other than Corporate America’s propensity to hire you when it’s convenient and dump you when it’s profitable, of course.
We all know that part.
The Inevitable Rise of the Independent Workforce
Being independent is now a sign of status. Being location-independent has even more status.
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July 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
What’s behind the surge in people ditching traditional employment and heading out on their own?
Other than Corporate America’s propensity to hire you when it’s convenient and dump you when it’s profitable, of course.
We all know that part.
Other than Corporate America’s propensity to hire you when it’s convenient and dump you when it’s profitable, of course.
We all know that part.
On one hand, no shit. On the other, the WSJ and Murdoch are not messing around. They want him gone.
Exclusive | Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files
Attorney General Pam Bondi told the president that the department also decided to not release more Jeffrey Epstein documents because of the presence of child pornography and the need to protect victim...
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July 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
On one hand, no shit. On the other, the WSJ and Murdoch are not messing around. They want him gone.
Doing challenging new things improves your cognitive functioning, as long as it pushes your abilities.
Learning another language, in particular, keeps the brain in optimum condition by providing tools to decrease memory loss and increase neurological regeneration.
Learning another language, in particular, keeps the brain in optimum condition by providing tools to decrease memory loss and increase neurological regeneration.
Why You Should Insist on Learning a New Language
You shouldn’t let learning a new language keep you from considering a non-English-speaking country as your new home base.
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July 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Doing challenging new things improves your cognitive functioning, as long as it pushes your abilities.
Learning another language, in particular, keeps the brain in optimum condition by providing tools to decrease memory loss and increase neurological regeneration.
Learning another language, in particular, keeps the brain in optimum condition by providing tools to decrease memory loss and increase neurological regeneration.
RIP Ozzy Osbourne. You lived a crazy full life despite the odds.
July 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
RIP Ozzy Osbourne. You lived a crazy full life despite the odds.
At midlife, you’re likely sitting on a goldmine of expertise that can be used to start a location-independent business.
Or perhaps you want to become an expert in an entirely different domain as the basis of your business.
What if I told you that the key to doing either one is the same?
Or perhaps you want to become an expert in an entirely different domain as the basis of your business.
What if I told you that the key to doing either one is the same?
The Surprising Expertise Accelerator that Powers Your Business
This works to enhance existing expertise, or to develop new expertise in any topic of your choice.
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July 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
At midlife, you’re likely sitting on a goldmine of expertise that can be used to start a location-independent business.
Or perhaps you want to become an expert in an entirely different domain as the basis of your business.
What if I told you that the key to doing either one is the same?
Or perhaps you want to become an expert in an entirely different domain as the basis of your business.
What if I told you that the key to doing either one is the same?
You need some innovative, sexy idea to start a business, right?
No, all you need is a solution to a problem that people will pay for.
Most people at midlife are sitting on a goldmine and don't even know it.
No, all you need is a solution to a problem that people will pay for.
Most people at midlife are sitting on a goldmine and don't even know it.
Start Here to Create a Location-Independent Business at Midlife
Let's uncover your hidden expertise using just three questions.
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July 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
You need some innovative, sexy idea to start a business, right?
No, all you need is a solution to a problem that people will pay for.
Most people at midlife are sitting on a goldmine and don't even know it.
No, all you need is a solution to a problem that people will pay for.
Most people at midlife are sitting on a goldmine and don't even know it.
With increases in lifespan and healthspan, very few can afford retirement at 65 while living into their late 80s, 90s, and beyond.
Escape The “Longevity Squeeze” by Leveraging Your Expertise
Your accumulated expertise, professional networks, and life experience aren't consolation prizes for getting older.
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July 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
With increases in lifespan and healthspan, very few can afford retirement at 65 while living into their late 80s, 90s, and beyond.
On May 30, 2025, we closed the sale of our home in Boulder.
In the three weeks prior, we had gifted or sold all our furniture.
We cleaned out a horrendous amount of accumulated crap.
And then we hopped on a plane to Baja Sur to lock down a place to live for the rest of the year.
In the three weeks prior, we had gifted or sold all our furniture.
We cleaned out a horrendous amount of accumulated crap.
And then we hopped on a plane to Baja Sur to lock down a place to live for the rest of the year.
The Adventure Begins…
You are the author of your next chapter.
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June 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
On May 30, 2025, we closed the sale of our home in Boulder.
In the three weeks prior, we had gifted or sold all our furniture.
We cleaned out a horrendous amount of accumulated crap.
And then we hopped on a plane to Baja Sur to lock down a place to live for the rest of the year.
In the three weeks prior, we had gifted or sold all our furniture.
We cleaned out a horrendous amount of accumulated crap.
And then we hopped on a plane to Baja Sur to lock down a place to live for the rest of the year.
Everywhere you look, people are labeling yet another country as the “next Portugal.”
But what if the next Portugal for you is… Portugal?
But what if the next Portugal for you is… Portugal?
The Complete Guide to Portugal Residency Visas for 2025
Everywhere you look, people are labeling yet another country as the “next Portugal.” But what if the next Portugal for you is… Portugal? The country that some refer to as “Little California” remains o...
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June 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Everywhere you look, people are labeling yet another country as the “next Portugal.”
But what if the next Portugal for you is… Portugal?
But what if the next Portugal for you is… Portugal?
Picture this: You're answering emails while sipping locally-grown coffee on your terrace, surrounded by mist-covered mountains and the kind of silence that lets you actually think.
Just you, your laptop, and a view that stretches to both the Pacific and Caribbean on clear days.
Just you, your laptop, and a view that stretches to both the Pacific and Caribbean on clear days.
Sorá, Panama: Why This Ancient Mountain Settlement Could Be Your Next Home Base
Picture this: You’re answering emails while sipping locally-grown coffee on your terrace, surrounded by mist-covered mountains and the kind of silence that actually lets you think. No traffic. No cons...
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June 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Picture this: You're answering emails while sipping locally-grown coffee on your terrace, surrounded by mist-covered mountains and the kind of silence that lets you actually think.
Just you, your laptop, and a view that stretches to both the Pacific and Caribbean on clear days.
Just you, your laptop, and a view that stretches to both the Pacific and Caribbean on clear days.
As you enter your 50s, you no longer feel compelled to dance to society's soundtrack.
You start to tune out the sound of so-called success that's been in your ears since you were young, and instead define success in terms that make sense for yourself.
You start to tune out the sound of so-called success that's been in your ears since you were young, and instead define success in terms that make sense for yourself.
Are You Dancing to Society’s Soundtrack?
It's now time to start composing your greatest work.
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June 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
As you enter your 50s, you no longer feel compelled to dance to society's soundtrack.
You start to tune out the sound of so-called success that's been in your ears since you were young, and instead define success in terms that make sense for yourself.
You start to tune out the sound of so-called success that's been in your ears since you were young, and instead define success in terms that make sense for yourself.
People want independence from the unreasonable constraints and control of traditional employment.
More and more people are claiming that independence.
More and more people are claiming that independence.
Why Millions Are Saying No to a J.O.B.
People want independence from the unreasonable constraints and control of traditional employment.
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May 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
People want independence from the unreasonable constraints and control of traditional employment.
More and more people are claiming that independence.
More and more people are claiming that independence.