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Halfway through life, ideals are far away, and career bottlenecks, can this be the only way in this life? After Japan's bubble economy burst, the recruitment boom of various companies suddenly cooled down, and finding a job became a major difficulty in the world. The generation that entered job hunting during this period is known as the "Ice Age Generation." Things have changed, and now the "Ice Age Generation" has entered middle age. However, due to the impact of taking the first step in the workplace, they are still trapped in "life crises" such as work, marriage, childcare, and caring for the elderly. Those whose lives are difficult to live up to, and who cannot even say "I need help", no longer interact with anyone except their closest family members, and taste the bitterness of loneliness alone. They have just entered the middle of life, and are gradually approaching the second half that is hopeless for them. They had almost resigned themselves to their fate, almost given up. Can they really cover up the pain they have been together for decades and the survival dilemma they still find themselves in by saying "one's own responsibility"? This book cuts through multiple angles such as work, marriage, family relations, social assistance and countermeasures, etc., And details the social reality of Japan's current "40-year-old" group falling into the "mid-life crisis". Through multiple detailed interviews with people who are caught in the "mid-life crisis" vortex, this book summarizes and sorts out the actual status of the mid-life crisis: unable to find a job (cannot find a job), unable to get a salary increase and promotion, unable to get married and have children, unable to receive parental care, and unable to take care of one's own parents...