The Seasons of A Man’S Life: An Overview
If we think of stages, transitions, or sequences in adulthood at all, we tend to think less in terms of age than of singular events like moving away from home, getting married, starting one’s first job, having kids, and so on. What Levinson discovered is that regardless of when these kinds of events happen along one’s chronological ti…
Transitional/Structure-Changing Periods
- Duration: ~4-5 years Transitions serve as bridges that connect eras/periods in the life cycle. They terminate the past life structure and initiate a future life structure, but are themselves not wholly part of either. They are thus “zones of overlap,” liminal states; just as winter does not end abruptly, and suddenly become spring, transitions represent a time when one season of a man’s life is tre…
Stable/Structure-Building Periods
- Duration: ~6-8 years During a transition, an old life structure is terminated, and a new one is created. During the stable period which follows, a man then solidifies and enriches this new structure, lending it meaning and commitment, and pursing his goals and values within its architecture. Stable periods are not wholly tranquil, nor free from str...
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