A midlife crisis is so passé! I tried a midlife reset instead

Turning 40 was the perfect moment for Jessica Salter to take stock of her life -- and, she discovers, she's not alone

There's a moment on a call with my new therapist when I feel like a huge fraud. She's taking me through an "MoT" -- yes, I'm literally being checked under the bonnet for dodgy parts, but in my life, not my motor -- and I say, "There's nothing really wrong, everything is fine." But then, of course, we dig a little deeper.

I turned 40 this year and I feel lucky: top line is things are good. But in the extreme business of my stage of life (full-time job, not full-time childcare, friends, family, life ...) I live calendar day by calendar day. I feel that if you sliced open my brain, out would fly to-do lists, not poetry. I do not make much time