It seems like yesterday that everyone was complaining about millennials: their alleged laziness, self-absorption and snowflakery. Time flies, though, and now the first wave of this much-maligned generation — those born between 1981 and 1996 — has hit middle age.

If recent coverage is any indication, millennials — famous for their individualism — are going to do the classic midlife crisis their own way. The cohort is deliberately eschewing the stereotypes of the boomer generation: the flashy sports car, the new, younger wife and hair implants.

Instead, they are focused more on having experiences and achieving financial security. The shift seems inevitable. Often referred to as the “unluckiest generation,” millennials have had to adapt to rising costs of living and an unpredictable job mar

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