So, 50 is the new 20? Well, that's good to know. I am pushing 54, and like the OP, quite feeling washed up.... kids left home, career and relationship fading out.... and yeah, lol, hair dye not always working, nor body. But, if this is the new 20 - does this mean life is all just starting again? It would be nice to hear from people who have, actually, gone through this and are now on the other side. Sometimes, like the OP says, it doesn't feel that way.