{"id":66,"date":"2008-06-26T19:57:12","date_gmt":"2008-06-27T02:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/26\/the-opposite-of-a-mid-life-crisis\/"},"modified":"2013-07-06T23:02:54","modified_gmt":"2013-07-06T21:02:54","slug":"the-opposite-of-a-mid-life-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/the-opposite-of-a-mid-life-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"The Opposite of a Mid-Life Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve had a few interesting reactions recently and people questioning our decision\u00a0to give up our secure Air Force life and make such a drastic lifestyle change, and it made me think&#8230; Some may look at this like a mid-life crisis of sorts, like we&#8217;re selling all of our belongings or going on a round-the-world trip, or worse yet, joining a cult or something.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I assure you, this is not a mid-life crisis.\u00a0 In fact, it&#8217;s the opposite&#8211;my mind has never been more focused, more passionate, more excited about what we&#8217;re about to do.\u00a0 Yes, we have simplified our lives and gotten rid of a lot of &#8220;stuff&#8221;.\u00a0 And Yes, we are entering a life of community and adventure with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.g42leadershipacademy.org\">G42 training centers<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theworldrace.org\">World Race<\/a>, and orphan villages.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It <em>is<\/em> drastic to give up the easy life, health insurance, and a pension.\u00a0 But it is well worth it to raise my family to live their lives for Christ, living totally for Him and relying on Him.<\/p>\n<p>Want to learn more about G42, or &#8220;The 42nd Generation&#8221;?  Check out this post: <a href=\"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/42nd-generation-part-1\/\">The 42nd Generation, part 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve had a few interesting reactions recently and people questioning our decision\u00a0to give up our secure Air Force life and make such a drastic lifestyle change, and it made me think&#8230; Some may look at this like a mid-life crisis of sorts, like we&#8217;re selling all of our belongings or going on a round-the-world trip, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,44],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2456,"href":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions\/2456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}