Many people base their belief in a midlife crisis on the U-shaped midlife happiness curve, insisting that happiness bottoms out in one’s 40s and 50s. However, it’s more likely that they would experience a slight dip in overall satisfaction before recovering, looking more like a wobbly line, if studies examined a larger and more comprehensive dataset that reflected actual experiences. In other words, people don’t have to feel unhappy in middle age, much less experience a midlife crisis; instead, they can enjoy midlife as another season in a hopefully long and fulfilling life.