“Twenty under 40.”
Chatter Magazine’s annual look at 20 Chattanoogans making a name for themselves before age 40 has become a coveted accolade. Every year we get piles of nominations for the 20 slots in the magazine.
But besides being a catchy tagline, “20 under 40” implies that four decades of life is a magical milestone.
But is it really? As a thought experiment, we posed the question to our readers on social media: “Turning 40: Friend or foe?”
First let’s consider this age milestone, which used to be late-middle-age, and is now more like the life-stage when most people settle into “adulting.”