Self-discovery Champion Gifts

Three years ago during a special episode of the Ask Sadie™ show, our resident octogenarian asked readers for advice about how she could deal with her midlife crisis. You should try a radical makeover. When I hit midlife, I dyed my hair, got some tattoos, and dropped 75 pounds. My husband barely recognized me when he returned from overseas. He was not happy with my "new self," so I divorced him rather than change who I'd become. It was the best decision I'd made since I cut my thieving mother out

"Behold the secret to happiness."

"Soul searching? Yes, you could call it that."

"Oh, great - They changed the Meaning of Life again."

"Oh indeed I did: I went feral for a year when I was young. It taught me a lot about the world, but about myself too..."

Pinocchio's Second Realization

"Remember how I've always had a hard time asking for help?"

"Existentialist Trail. Get lost then found. Nietzsche Park System"

"I shop, therefore I am."

I figured out how we can pay for the kids' college tuitions. Do tell. I'm going to leave for a year of self-discovery, which I will chronicle in a best-selling memoir. Oh, but

"It's not face paint. I'm transitioning into a snow leopard."

'I'm going to have an out-of-body experience -- can I bring you anything?'

'Are we there yet? Huh? Have we achieved Nirvana yet? Huh, have we?'

A woman is as young as she feels like admitting to.

The Map of the Human Heart

"So you're just now tellin' me I was hatched from an egg and I coulda' left years ago?!?"

"Is this who I am?"

"If you're trying to find yourself, Mr. Ludlow, just ping your phone."

Planned service changes

'Oh, yeah? -- Well, my true inner self can whip your true inner self!'

Roger feels that there are only two inante instincts in men and women. One is satisfaction of biological needs...the other is self-actualization.

Bob began seeing his mother, who gave him up for adoption, professionally, three times a week. It didn't help much.

"I want more than anonymous sex. I want anonymous intimacy."

"My inner child feels threatened by my inner baby."

Truth

"I feel like there's a chick in me trying to escape."

"Well, I've come this close to asking out Sylvia Sanchez. But I'm just an average guy! Nothing about me says 'I'm cool! Look at me!'"

"I became a mentor because I needed more direction in life."

"Tell me more about your imposter syndrome."

'Do you mean 'who cares what the meaning of life is,' or that 'who cares' IS the meaning of life?'

"I know I'm going to get older - but how much?"

"I'm an agnostic now that I've started having self doubts."

'I don't really analyse dreams. I analyse why you think your dreams are worth analysing.'

Rainbow/Horizon

Steve found himself on his travels.